In this poignant follow-up to "Africa en el corazon," young Diko has
managed to make it from his native Cameroon to Madrid. His rose-colored
view of his new home is radically altered on his first day at the La
Merced refugee center, however. The discrimination he faces there and
the omnipresent threat of deportation complicate the idyllic vision he
had of life in Spain. This realistic and powerful tale is useful as a
resource for teaching about the challenges confronted by immigrants and
refugees.