Ossiri finds himself at work, stationed in his security guard booth, staring at a Western Union billboard. The billboard depicts a Black man holding a photograph of his wife and son, dressed in African attire made of Dutch wax cloth. A slogan below encourages viewers to send money back to their home country. Ossiri is struck by the resemblance between the woman in the picture and his own mother, despite their physical differences. There's a warmth and kindness emanating from the woman on the billboard that reminds him of his mother.

Contrary to the woman in the advertisement, Ossiri's mother never wore Dutch wax cloth, considering it a product of colonialism. Instead, she preferred jeans and a t-shirt, a style she adopted during her time in France. Her unconventional attire led people to label her as a white woman. Ossiri reminisces...