One says what the other would probably do if given even half a chance. Yet the second contradicts the first at the drop of a hat. Strangers, especially of one ilk and a certain faith, will not be allowed in their village says the first, even if it means building a high fence and tightening security all around. The second, despite being a member of the extended, but what appears to be feuding, family terms the idea barbaric.

The two, as the extended family's history shows, will beg, borrow and steal to head the village. Both want, by hook or by crook, to garner the support of the majority of the villagers to become the headman (or headwoman) of the village. The villagers, divided as they are between two distinct groups, swallow hook, line and sinker what their respective leaders feed them.

To say the battle lines are drawn, to use a cliche, between the two despondent contestants, however, would be a mistake. Quite a few who by definition and design belong to the group the first pretends to lead seem determined to derail the plans of their self-proclaimed leader. Call it subterfuge, if not sabotage, if you will. The first may yet encounter his Trojan horse moment.