Coming of age with the support of the women in her Ugandan village, a girl struggling with abandonment seeks answers at the side of a local witch who shares stories about their culture's heritage of female strength.

At the turn of the 20th century, teenaged Pirbhai is taken from his village in India to labor on the East African Railway for the British. One day he commits an act to ensure his survival that will haunt him forever, and reverberate across his family's future for years to come. Pirbhai's children are born and raised under the jacaranda trees and searing sun of Kampala during the waning days of British colonial rule. As Uganda moves towards independence...