Zinuv a young, African girl lives in an impoverished village in the foot hills of Africa with her family. She dreams of a better life for her and her family. She dreams of finding diamonds in hopes of making her dreams of owning a beautiful, sequined gown and living in a palatial home with marble floors come true.Her mother discourages her from following her dream. She thinks Zinuv is wasting her time and demands that she keep up with her chores. Her father is the one that gives her hope. He tells his daughter to keep dreaming and encourages her to keep looking for diamonds. She is ridiculed by her classmates and villagers. She finds solace in her grandmother. Her search for diamonds continues and with the help of her younger sister Pelumi pays off when a mining company comes to the village. Her hopes and dreams come to life. When she discovers a huge, diamond the size of her palm. But, Zinuv has to make the difficult decision to give up the beautiful, pink, heart-shaped diamond that she found and gave to her father. He returned it to Zinuv and told her that it was his heart to her. She is broken-hearted and tore between keeping the diamond which means so much to her and selling the beautiful diamond to make her wishes come true. She decides to sell the diamond. She saves her family from poverty when they sell the diamonds for thousands if not millions. And, the father builds the family a palatial home, and takes the family on a shopping spree. They live happily ever after.