In the kingdom of Soulé, the King has Soly arrested. Who is he to live as a hermit, apart from men, as if they were stricken with an infamous disease?

Soly cannot answer. The King, so high on his throne, would not understand it. He will have to lay down his crown, shed his power, shed his royal clothes to follow Soly in the mountains and, listening to his teaching, learn about humility.

When the powerful of this world experience wisdom and humility ...

An initiatory tale can be masterful, narrated by the great Malian writer Amadou Hampâté Bâ.