The boy was taken to Notre-Dame where the sight of the cathedral is said to have driven him to religious ecstasy.
Amon N'Douffou V, king of Sanwi in southeastern Ivory Coast, told AFP,"I am in full consultation with my elders - we are going to make a donation for the rebuilding of this monument."
"I couldn't get to sleep because I was so disturbed by the pictures" of the fire, he said."This cathedral represents a strong bond between my kingdom and France." In 1687, after French traders had established a foothold in the kingdom, the king sent a son named Aniaba, aged about 15, to Paris as a token of his bona fides.
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