 Kourou comes from a village to Kinshasa, Zaire s capital and the center of World Beat; music is in his heart and he has big dreams. Right away he gets a job as a domestic for Mamou, the loud wife of a club owner, and he falls in love with Kabibi, a virginal young woman who wants to be a secretary. Meanwhile, Nvouandou, the club owner, childless after twenty years of marriage, wants a second wife and determines to marry Kabibi. Mamou pretends to approve of the match, but behind her husband s back, she pushes Kabibi into the arms of Kourou. Can Kourou win Kabibi s hand and fulfill his dreams of being a singer; can Mamou recapture the affections of Nvouandou?