Banishment

Sundiata was seven years old and couldn't walk.

King Maghan dies and Sassouma takes over the kingdom with her son.

The new queen banishes Sundiata and his mother to the backyard of the palace.

"Always jealous of Mari Djata and his mother, she banishes them to the backyard of the palace, forcing them to live in poverty" (G.D. Pickett 105 ).