Naïve and provocative Gabriela is a raggedy migrant worker who arrives in town to mesmerize all with her playful and simple, yet raw sensuality. Set in 1925, the story unravels in Ilhéus, a quiet northeastern coastal city thriving with cocoa crops and aspirations for progress, even though the traditional ways still rule.

在南伦敦，一位尼日利亚父亲设法将他守旧的非洲价值观念灌输给他的摩登英国家庭，这引发了传统与文化的冲突。