Melé is a bar singer, her husband Chaka is out of work and the couple is on the verge of breaking up... In the courtyard of the house they share with other families, a trial court has been set up. African civil society spokesmen have taken proceedings against the World Bank and the IMF whom they blame for Africa's woes... Amidst the pleas and the testimonies, life goes on in the courtyard. Chaka does not seem to be concerned by this novel Africa's desire to fight for its rights.
First, in a film-within-the-film sequence, a sort of Western starring Danny Glover set in Timbuktu that is being watched on a TV and which is shown for several minutes, gunfire is exchanged and characters and bystanders are shot. No graphic blood or injury effects are shown. Second, near the end of the film itself, a character shoots themselves with a gun, but again there is no graphic injury detail.