Liongo Fumo: The Birth of a Hero
Liongo Fumo's birth was marked by supernatural signs. His mother, a secondary wife of the king of Pate, was childless for many years. Desperate, she prayed at the shrine of the sea spirits, offering her finest cloth and sweetest dates. That night, a spirit appeared in her dreams and told her she would bear a son of extraordinary power. When Liongo was born, he emerged fully formed with a bow in his tiny hand. As a child, he grew so fast that he reached adult size by his tenth year. His strength was legendary — he could bend a palm tree to the ground and could outrun a gazelle. But his true pow