Ndedi, an intelligent but poor son of a cathechist can only get a job at the banana plantation where his father is known.His salary is unable to take care of his family and himself. The cooperative slumbs deep into a financial crisis as a result of mismanagement. His manager blames him for it and pins him for it.He is thrown out of work and because he cannot pay his rents, he is forced to relocate to the village. He faces a very tough time back in the village as he meets the girl he had jilted some time before. She and others mock and humiliate him reminding him of the uselessness of education. He does not give up. Together with his wife and children, the work extremely hard.Back in the cooperative, things do not get any better so the it is earmarked for privitization. At the takeover of South African business men, the cooperative undergoes restructuring.
The hardwork of the Ndedi's pays off and just when they are being rewarded in the village, Ndedi is appointed to head the same cooperative he was thrown out of.