Machine

Machine is a guy from Senegal whom everybody has met or heard about in Guinea Bissau but no one knows his name. They nick-named him Machine because he spends six hours running every day.

Although he doesn’t stand a chance to become part of the athletic team of Senegal because of his age, or the athletic team of Guinea Bissau, since he isn’t from there, Machine carries on training in the hope that he might be taken into account some day. Thus, he must be ready. Because he devotes so much time to training the locals also call him the madman. “You run too much. You should stop,” they tell him. Machina just says “it is normal” because “they aren’t acquainted with that sport.”