Kofi itsasora bidean

Synopsis of Kofi itsasora bidean

Kofi is an African boy who accompanies his mother to the market to buy vegetables almost everyday. However, he prefers eating fish and he wants to see this animal in the sea together with his European cousins. One day on his way to the market, he decides to hide in a lorry in the hope that one day he might see the sea. The driver doesn't notice the boy and from his hiding place, Kofi sees the countries through which they travel. Finally, the lorry takes him to a city surrounded by mountains, where he can see neither the sea nor the fishes he so desires. On discovering Kofi, and his frustrated intentions, and before the return journey, the driver tells him a story in which he explains that although they have many things in Europe, people aren't really happy. And when he arrives home, his mother tells him of the walls and frontiers in the world, rekindling his hope that one day they will disappear and he might get to see the sea. The book tells the desire of the people of Africa to travel to other countries on the other side of the ocean. Through the story of this boy, the author shows the needs and problems of immigrants in their search for the so-called consumer society