You go into the forest and try and remember the things that you learned from your grandmother about traditional medicine when you were growing up. Which plants do you choose to make your medicine?\n\n[[Kungamanga and Arobaini leaves]] \n\n[[Sumu and Mavi]]

You can run, but you can’t hide. The king has looked up all of the Mganga in his royal directory and has summoned you to the palace under threat of death should you refuse. When you meet with him, he tells you that you must try and save princess Bahati, or he will kill you for disobedience. \n\nSince your only other choice is death, you respond, [[“As you wish my King"]]

You start heading north towards Kibwejuu. You walk until your body is so weak that you need to stop and rest. It’s dark outside now, so you decide it’s time to sleep. \n\nWhere do you sleep?\n\n[[In a tree]] \n\n[[On the ground]]

Come on, I promise it’s a good story. :)\n\n[[Start]]

Do you want to hear a traditional Swahili story? - Hadithi Hadithi?\n\n[[Yes - Hadithi njoo!]] \n\n[[No - Hapana]]

You arrive at your grandmother’s house. She knew you were coming and has been waiting for you, damn, she really does have supernatural powers. You ask your grandmother, Bibi, what she thinks you should do, and she advises you to go into the woods and find the Kungamanga plant as well as leaves from the Arobaini tree. \n\nYou are to boil the Kungamanga and the Arobaini together for three hours then get Princess Bahati to drink the mixture.\nYou follow her instructions, create the mixture, and walk back to the palace to treat Princess Bahati. \n\n[[click here to see how your treatment went]]

While you are sleeping on the ground, the lion that has been killing people in the Kibwejuu village finds you and eats you. \n\nBetter luck next time Kajanja. I thought you were more clever than that?

The sun is rising over the Kibwejuu village as the king arrives in his royal chariot. The whole village has gathered to receive the king. The people start cheering in excitement of his arrival. Over the noise of the crowd, the king hears screaming. It’s Kajanja riding a lion heading towards the crowd. \n\nYou are trying to hold on for dear life. You realize that you can steer the lion by pulling the fur on its mane. Where do you steer him?\n\n[[Into the well]] \n[[Into the house with an open door]]

You run away as far as possible for as long as you can. After four hours of running you are feeling tired, and it is dark outside, so you decide it’s time to sleep. \n\nWhere do you sleep?\n\n[[In a tree]] \n\n[[On the ground]]

You steer the lion into the house and run out quickly, slamming the door behind you. You try and catch your breath and make it look like you were planning on doing that. \n\nThe King exclaims, “Well done Mganga, you truly do have supernatural powers. I was wrong to doubt you. Here is the key to your reward.”\n\nYou take the key and unlock a room filled with treasure. What do you do next?\n\n[[Use the money to rebuild your village and help everyone?]]\n\n[[Keep the money to build a palace for your family]]\n

So you aren't actually a Mganga by profession, but you are THE Kajanja (the trickster, the clever one). You have 24 hours to come up with a solution. \n\nWhat do you do next?\n\n[[Go ask your grandmother for advice]] \n\n[[Go to sleep]]

Sumu in Swahili means poison and Mavi means shit.\n\nCongratulations, you have killed the princess by giving her shit and poison. The king kills you on-the-spot and your family dies of starvation.\n\n

Thankfully, your neighbor is in a good mood and lets you borrow her horse, so that you can travel quickly and [[Go ask your grandmother for advice]].

Your courage and innovation has not only helped you and your family but the entire village. You also make sure to build your grandmother a hospital where she can live close to you and treat the sick people in your village. \n\nNice work Kajanja!\n\nThis story was narrated in 2015 by one of the oldest storytellers and poets alive in Zanzibar, Haji Gora Haji. Here is the link to a video of him narrating the story in Swahili: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci-1GLgDBW4

You bring the treasure home and are robbed that night. You are still broke and starving. \n\nYou had a cool adventure, but I guess your life isn’t really that different from what it was before.

You start to tell the king that you are having second thoughts, and he motions for his executioner to come into the room. He walks in carrying his large sharp blade. The king says, “I think you are confused Mganga, I am not asking you, I am telling you. Now, you have 24 hours to come up with a solution. Go now.”\n\nWhat do you do next? \n\n[[Go ask your grandmother for advice]] \n\n[[Go to sleep]]

You and the lion fall down the well and drown together. Your bodies have now contaminated the only source of water in the village.\n\nBetter luck next time Kajanja. I thought you were more clever than that?

You let go and try and run away. The lion that you are frantically running from is the same lion that has been killing people in the Kibwejuu village. He easily catches up with you and kills you.\n\nBetter luck next time Kajanja. I thought you were more clever than that?\n

The King looks at you and replies, “Well, if you really are a Mganga with supernatural powers, then another task should not be difficult for you…in the Kibwejuu village there is a lion that is killing people, eating cattle, and not allowing anyone to access the well. Meet me in Kibwejuu tomorrow and you can show me how you plan to use your powers to take care of the situation.”\n\nWhat do you do next?\n\n[[Make a run for it]] \n\n[[Begin the journey to Kibwejuu]]

Twine author: Rebecca Mandich\n\nStoryteller: Haji Gora Haji\n\n

While you are sleeping in the tree, a lion comes by the area where you are at night. Since you are in the tree, he does not see you and lays down beneath the tree to sleep. \n\nAs the sun begins to rise, you begin to hear a cracking noise. The branch that is supporting you snaps, and you land on top of a lion that was sleeping below you. The lion starts running full speed ahead. What do you do?\n\n[[Hold on tight]] \n\n[[Let go]]

Let’s see how this goes! You walk back to the palace and enter Princess Bahati’s room to treat her.\n\n[[click here to see how your treatment went]]

After you give the medicine to Princess Bahati the demon snake flies out of her body and she regains consciousness. The King is so happy that his daughter is well again. He begins to hand you the key to the vault with your reward inside when Waziri stops him.\n\n“Mheshimiwa King, I am also thrilled that Princess Bahati appears to be better right now, but how do you really know that she is well? I have heard reports that this man is not actually an Mganga but rather a poor man named Kajanja from the Kipemba village. Do you really want to give half your wealth to this imposter?”\n\nThe King replied, “Is this true Mganga?”\n\nYou start to sweat, unsure of what to do. How do you reply?\n\n[[“My king, my name is Mganga, but I am not an Mganga. I found the solution from visiting my grandmother who advised me on how to treat Princess Bahati.”]] \n[[“He is lying. I am a Mganga.”]]

You wake up eighteen hours later and now have only six hours to come up with a solution and no ideas. Your grandmother, who is actually a Mganga, lives five hours away, and you won't have enough time to walk there and back before your meeting with the king. What do you do?\n\n[[Go into the forest on your own to find some herbs]] \n\n[[Ask your neighbor if you can borrow their horse]]

This is the story of Kajanja Mganga, which is based on a real Swahili oral literature tale. Take the journey of our hero, Kajanja Mganga, and try and make the best decisions to stay alive and improve your life.

You make medicine from Sumu and Mavi. You walk back to the palace and enter Princess Bahati’s room to treat her.\n\n[[click to see how the Sumu and Mavi medicine worked]]\n

Once upon a time - Hapo zamani za kale...\n\nThere was a king and a queen that ruled the island of Tumbatu. For years they had been trying to have a child without any success, but then one day they were finally blessed with a child, whom they named Bahati (Luck). Although the King’s minister, Waziri, acted pleased about the birth of the new princess, he was upset that Bahati, not him, would now inherit the throne. Driven by jealousy, Waziri went to a witch and cast a spell on Bahati to trap a demon serpent in her stomach. \n\nAs the days passed on, Bahati’s stomach swelled and she was in great pain. The King, concerned that he would lose his only daughter, put out an announcement for the kingdom that he was searching for a Mganga (Healer) who could cure his daughter. He said that he would give half of his wealth to whoever could find a cure Princess Bahati. Twenty days passed and no Mganga in the kingdom could find a cure.\n\nIn the Kipemba village on the island of Tumbatu, there was a young man named Mganga (Healer). Mganga was not actually a traditional healer and most people knew him by his nick-name, Kajanja (Clever). Kajanja and his wife were very poor, had no land, no family, and were dying of hunger. Kajanja’s wife urged him to travel to the king’s palace to try and cure princess Bahati.\n\nKajanja, you need to do whatever you can to keep you and your family alive. Do you accept the challenge even though you are not a Mganga by profession?\n\n[[Yes]] \n\n[[No]] \n

The King pauses and looks off into the distance, contemplating this information. He tells you, “Very few people would choose to tell the truth. Today you have risked death to do the honorable thing, and I respect you Kajanja. Princess Bahati is well and that is all that matters to me. Here is the key to your reward.”\n\nYou take the key and unlock a room filled with treasure. What do you do next?\n\n[[Use the money to rebuild your village and help everyone?]] \n\n[[Keep the money to build a palace for your family]]

Mganga traveled to the palace and went before the king. “Mheshimiwa King, my name is Mganga, and I have come to accept your challenge. I promise you that I will find a way to cure Princess Bahati.”\n\nThe King replied, “Are you aware that over 100 other Waganga have tried to heal her without any success? I am starting to lose hope…You may try whatever you think will heal my daughter; however, if you do not heal her, I will kill you for making promises that you cannot keep. You have 24 hours to find a solution.”\n\nMganga, how do you respond to the king?\n\n[[“As you wish my King"]] \n[[“Yeah…I’m having some second thoughts about that promise…”]] \n