Confronté à d'énormes difficultés financières, Moumouni veut donner en mariage sa fille Fatime au riche Kanvani. Malgré les oppositions de son épouse Mariame et de sa fille au mariage, Moumouni veut imposer le mariage forcé à Fatime.Réussira-t-il à marier sa fille, contre son gré, au riche homme d'affaires Kanvani ?

Abdoulaye, student, fell in love with Assamala, a young girl resulting from a poor family. Become lawyer after his studies, the young student of yesterday plans to marry that which he always regarded as elected of his heart. But its family opposes the pretext firmly it that the two in love ones do not have the same customs and habits, the same religion and are not same social class.