Umwami Akeem Joffer amaze gusimbura se ku ngoma y’ubwami bwa Zamunda. Ni igihugu cy’Afurika gifite umuco ukomeye, ubukire, n’amategeko akomeye. Ariko hari ikibazo gikomeye: amategeko ategeka ko umwami asimburwa n’umuhungu, kandi Akeem afite abakobwa batatu gusa.Mu gihe Akeem yitegura gushaka umusimbura, amenya ko yabyaye umwana w’umuhungu ubwo yari mu rugendo rwa mbere i Queens, New York mu myaka ya 1980. Uwo muhungu ni Lavelle Junson, atuye i Queens hamwe na nyina Mary.Akeem afatanya na Semmi, inshuti ye ya kera, bagaruka i Queens bashaka Lavelle. Bamubwira ko ari umwana w’umwami, bamuzana muri Zamunda kugira ngo bamutoze kuba umwami w’ejo hazaza.