Mr. Kouyate’s instrument is the four-stringed West African ngoni, also called a xalam[…].

On inquiring of the hutkeeper, James McAuliffe, if he saw a man pass by dressed in a factory frock and straw hat and with a gun, he said the hutkeeper told a falsehood by stating that he saw a man answering this description pass by, and pretended to point out the road which he had run.

Why don’t you just shut your face? I’m tired of listening to you.

This is a new type of emperor; he is self-identified with the divinity, his celestial virtues legitimizing his power.