Under the Sun

Season 5, Episode 4

Episode Title: The Sultan's Burden

Air Date: 1993-06-03

Overview:

Sultan Issa Maigari of Cameroon used to hold the power of life and death over his one million subjects. Now his authority is ebbing away. The government won't let him raise his own taxes, the peasants are rebelling, and the royal praise-singer (equivalent of the tabloid press) has betrayed him.