Sense Pass King

There once lived a girl who was very smart and very wise. She helped her people make decisions, but the king was jealous of her, and he tried to put her to death. Every time she evaded the king, and finally he was forced to work with her. But again he became jealous of her and tried to have her killed, and the people deposed the wicked king and replaced the king with the wise girl.

An old story set in Cameroon.