This novel, very loosely based on the life of Jimmy Scott traces the journey of an African-American singer in the United States. A real dive into the psyche of a black singer in the socio-historical context of American jazz from the 1930s to 1990. A text of blackness and difference. The legacy of Africa are sweating and prints writing his indelible mark. The extraordinary power of the African-American culture runs throughout the book. Music, jazz, beat, the black American identity of the main character Jizzy highlights the problems of segregation and racism. Africa named, discussed, suggested, designated as a cultural full membership. Africa is rising slave, grab his trumpet and shout his joy and pain. Patricia Duflot tried to restore the one African-American newspaper in segregation, while evoking the great hope and determination that can spring from it all.