From three pieces - Manjou, Africa and Folon - played before a conquered audience, the film takes us to the inspiring sources of Salif Keita: family, mixed musical types and the african identity.His family, is a niece victim such as himself of albinism to whom he teaches the 'madingue' music so that she won't be rejected as he was by his father. It's also his mother who lives in Bamako, where he wants to live again. The mixed musical types are the meetings promoted by Salif to enrich this music that comes from ancient times. He jams with Carlos Santana, rehearses with the French composer Jean-Philippe Rykiel, sings and dances with the african musicians from Bamako. Between Montreuil, Copenhagen and Bamako, we discover a man of great wisdom and sensitivity, whose only weapons are his golden voice and his guitar.