There are only stories, echoes of voices long dead. The slave is brought to the new land. No longer a human being, the slave is sold and traded like a beast of burden. If the Master is kind, the slave will eat and live to work. If the Master is not, the slave will work until the slave dies.
Night brings an old Yoruba song.
A homemade drum answers. A chorus forms. More drums are brought out. The old movements are recalled. The dancing starts.