Against the picturesque Ghanaian backdrop, Children of the Mountain is an honest exploration of a motherβs will in the face of much adversity. When her baby is born with a cleft lip, cerebral palsy, and Down syndrome, Essuman is led to believe that she has a βdirty womb.β Her promising future as a wife and mother is shattered as her lover disowns her and the community eyes her with suspicion.