Greed will turn against kings, so that masters will become slaves, and the vassals have no more respect for their lord.  It is only the wise ruler who holds the land and the people together.  Without him there will be confusion, quarrels, and dispersal.  A king must be ruled by God alone, not by his wives, nor by his desires.

Having killed the dreadful monster, Isa Bere, Samba hears of Annalia's further greedy demands. Should he serve a woman's whims? He decides to pursue his own destiny and once again Wagadu falls into disarray.

The virtuous hunter, Dama Ngile, ascends to the throne of Wagadu

Daibu was a hunter.  His wife was pregnant.  One night he heard God’s voice speaking in his dream: “Daibu! A son will be born to you.  Call him Dama Ngile (Great Bull).  One day he will rule Wagadu.”  When Daibu woke up he remembered that Dama Ngile was the name engraved on a famous sword his forefathers once owned but which was now in the possession of Sunjata (Sundiata), the Mande emperor.

When the boy was born he was bigger than other babies, and he grew up to become even bigger and stronger.  Soon he could fight a lion, for like his father, he had become a hunter.  One day he traveled to the land of the Malinke, to the capital of Mande, where he entered King Sunjata’s palaces.  He asked King Sunjata if he could have a sword so that he could fight buffaloes properly, since he was a hunter.  Sunjata owned a whole arsenal of swords, spears, daggers, and javelins.  The king spoke:  “You may choose one, but may only choose once.”

Sunjata secretly told his armorer to hide the beautiful sword with the name Dama Ngile on it at the bottom of the pile. But when Dama Ngile entered the armory, the great sword rose up from beneath the heap of weapons and came into his hand.  King Sunjata spoke: “So be it.  He may have it.  That sword will love Dama Ngile forever.”

Dama Ngile went back to his country, Wagadu, where there was nothing but bush.  There he built a hunters’ village with his wife, Juma Ture, the daughter of Dindigalli Ture, and his dogs and retainers.  The nearest city was Jerra of the Gara-nke where Fatamo and Mana Niarate, two brothers, ruled.  Fatamo had a son, Bemba, who was cruel and ruthless. Sometimes, for sport, Bemba would shoot arrows into the crowds in the city!