Myroslav Kuvaldin is a popular television presenter and a musician in Kiev, Ukraine.

As one of the very few black Ukrainians, he can never really blend into the country of his birth, but in his media career, this distinctiveness has proved an asset.

For many years he has kept a short note left by his Nigerian father who returned to Africa on the completion of his studies.

Now that he is married with a family of his own, the pressure to talk to his own son about his origins has inflamed his curiosity.

His dream is to go to Nigeria, to follow the clues which hopefully will lead to a reunion with his father.

He has a few vague clues and willing helpers. But will he now find himself a Ukrainian among Africans, always condemned to be the odd one out?

Above all, will he succeed in finding his relatives? And if he does track down his father, will he come forward to embrace a long lost son or will he simply refuse to have any contact at all?

Throughout his quest, on his journey from Kiev to Lagos, Myroslav records his thoughts and feelings in a daily diary.

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First broadcast in July 2004. Produced by Olga Betko of the BBC's Ukranian Service.