Itistheearly-sixtieswhenayoungTayoAjayisailstoEnglandfromNigeriatotakeupascholarshipatOxfordUniversity.Inthiscityofdreamingspires,hefindshimselfamongagenerationhighonvisionsofanewandbetterworld.Thewholeworldseemsablazewithchange:independenceathome,theCivilRightsmovementandthefirsttremorsofculturalandsexualrevolutions.ItisthenthatTayomeetsVanessaRichardson,thebeautifuldaughterofanex-colonialofficer."InDependence"isTayoandVanessa'sstoryofabravebutbittersweetloveaffair.Itisthestoryoftwopeoplestrugglingtofindthemselvesandeachotherastoryofpassionandidealism,courageandbetrayal,andtheuniversaldesiretofall,madly,deeply,inlove.