Le cadeau est un geste affectif qui a une signification pour celui qui offre et pour celui qui reçoit. Il est question dans ce film du cadeau qu’a offert le Sultan Njoya, 17ème roi des Bamoun à un administrateur colonial allemand. Pendant la période coloniale allemande au Cameroun, le Sultan Njoya, Roi des Bamoun offre en cadeau son trône royal au gouverneur de cette administration. Un roi peut-il offrir sontrône,symbole de son pouvoir ? Quelles sont les motivations qui le conduisent à poser un geste aussi radical et controversé ?

The gift is an emotional gesture that has meaning for the one who offers and for the one who receives. This film deals with the gift offered by Sultan Njoya, 17th king of the Bamoun to a German Colonial administrator. During the German colonial period in Cameroon, Sultan Njoya, King of the Bamoun offer his royal throne as a gift to the governor of this administration. Can a king offer his throne, a symbol of his power? What are the motivations that lead him to ake such a radical and controversial gesture?