[3] It was created by Milko Bambič and published in 1927 in the children's column of the monthly Naš glas (Our Voice) in Trieste.
[4] It is a story about an arrogant and tyrannical black king that with his false wisdom leads his people to ruin[5] and commits suicide.
[6] It caused a controversy, because it was seen as a parody on the Italian leader Mussolini,[6] and the author predicted his demise.
[3] The Italian Fascist authorities forbade Bambič's works.
[6] He escaped from Trieste to Yugoslavia to avoid arrest.