When his friend Philip died, Rasmané was left with the corpse. Because Philip did not adhere to certain traditions, the village elders do not want to bury him in the village. For Rasmané, this is the beginning of an odyssey through Burkina Faso, It is not easy to bury the body of a person who is not baptized, does not have a Muslim first name and is not a member of any of the country's religious communities.—Jakkepoes