The shrill slap sound of two sharp cutlasses violently disturbs your peaceful sleep.
[[CHAOS]] Everyone else in the tiny hut wakes up almost about the same time. They run into hiding, kicking everyone and everything on their way. You can not move.
[[DEAD LEGS]] Your legs are dead. "Why does this happen to me everytime?" you ask yourself.
[[ENTER THE KANKURANG]]You hear tapping sounds on the door. Everyone has found a hiding spot, their hands clasped around their mouth and nose, but their chests heave uncontrollably.
With one giant push, the Kankurang brings the fragile door down.
[[FIGHT or FLIGHT]]You sit on your dry bed as tears stream down your face. The Kankurang looks at you. It wields great malicious power in that mask, his cutlasses glimmer against the moonlight. He slaps them together and they make a deafening sound. Children in nearby huts cry, the women and girls shake, the men and boys squeeze their eyes shut. The Kankurang takes one giant leap toward you.
[[YOU MUST ACT NOW]]
[[A NIGHTMARE]]The Kankurang strides in all of his bestial glory and you raise both your hands up.
"Stop right there!" you ordered. "I am Kumandang, the grandson of Kajali, who is the grandson of Kambia." You swallow your spit.
"Take one more step, and I shall curse you!"
[[POWER]]You shake violently and fall off the bed. Your siblings start laughing at you. It was all a nightmare.
[[START]] The Kankurang's knees buckle and he falls to the ground. You grab the cutlasses and become the Kankurang.
[[MOMENT OF TRUTH]]"People of Kambia, you are now free from the Kankurang, for I am the Kankurang now and I will not oppress my people," you stated.
Everyone comes out of hiding. Children fill the courtyard with laughter while everyone rejoices. The malicious KANKURANG runs into the forest, never to be seen again.
The men grab you and celebrate your new title, 'MANSA'.
[[A NIGHTMARE]]