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The charming real-life fairy tale of an American secretary who discovers she has been chosen king of an impoverished fishing village on the west coast of Africa. Read More: http://bit.ly/Aw9Pck
Peggielene Bartels stands in the atrium of the Embassy of Ghana in Northwest Washington, where she has worked since the late 1970s. She is also king of Otuam, Ghana. (By Bill O'leary -- The Washington Post)
During the traditional funeral ceremonies for her late uncle, "King Peggy" is required to get up and dance. In her other life, American Peggielene Bartels is a secretary at the Ghanaian embassy in Washington, D.C. From: www.npr.org/...
King Peggy, who is wearing traditional red funeral fabric, is being fanned by attendants. She is the first woman ruler of Otuam, Ghana.
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