A French-speaking fellow inmate who escapes a smuggler-run prison with Seydou. They are sold as bricklayers to a wealthy Libyan estate where they bond over their backgrounds and future hopes. After completing their work, they are released and travel to Tripoli, where Martin chooses to continue his migration north while Seydou stays to find Moussa.
Their imprisonment provides the circumstances for their friendship and cooperation.
Martin is described as a French-speaking fellow inmate who pulls Seydou to a slave auction.
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