A Black schoolmaster is sent to a village in Belgian Congo out of which all the lifeblood is drained by the big city where all the workers go to find better professional opportunities. There is one exception to the rule, though: a young graduate in agricultural studies who refuses to leave the village and who undertakes to farm the land in applying western techniques. The young man manages to achieve his aim despite the opposition of this traditionalist father and to allow the village to become self-sufficient.