The
chief of the Senegalese village is seen as the Lion, his jealousy is
raised when one of the young beauties has photographs published in a
book of the area. She is not only on the cover but on two other full
pages, where his picture is in a tiny corner beside the latrines.
The
School master also wishes to wed this jewel but his modern ways,
preclude him from paying the bride price, without which she will not
marry. The Chief's senior wife is sent to invite the jewel to the
palace, but she is wary as those who enter never leave but become
brides.
This
is a cautionary tale displaying how pride comes before a fall and
how the young think themselves worldly the cunning old fox is still
able to twist things to get what he wants.
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