• The American secretary who became a REAL king: A woman's journey to royalty
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[QUOTE](CNN) -- When Peggielene Bartels went to bed on a summer night in 2008, she was an ordinary administrative assistant living in a modest one-bedroom condo just outside Washington D.C. But a few hours later, when a persistent ringing phone woke her up in the dead of the August night, the 55-year-old found out she was much more than simply a secretary. At the other end of the line was Bartels's cousin, from Otuam, a small fishing village on the coast of Ghana. Excited and humble, he congratulated her on being the new king of Otuam.[/quote] [url]http://www.cnn.com/2013/01/31/world/africa/king-peggy-otuam-ghana/index.html?hpt=hp_bn2[/url]
That was truly inspiring and we can all learn from it.
She's actually the Nana, not king more chief
Well that's certainly inspiring; I wonder how well Peggy's handling the governing of the village...
Wasn't there a film with this plot, except she was a princess or something.
[QUOTE=The mouse;39453402]That was truly inspiring and we can all learn from it.[/QUOTE] Moral of the story: leave your phone on or have a voicemail plan
[QUOTE=Negrul1;39453508]Wasn't there a film with this plot, except she was a princess or something.[/QUOTE] I think there was a comedy from the 80s that involved a plot like this
The way they describe it happening sounds like some shitty scam you'd get in an email.
A woman called a king just doesn't have the same effect as a man called a queen.
[QUOTE=ReligiousNutjob;39454266]A woman called a king just doesn't have the same effect as a man called a queen.[/QUOTE] So they're super singers?
Big deal, I get emails all the time telling me that I am king of an African country
[QUOTE=Negrul1;39453508]Wasn't there a film with this plot, except she was a princess or something.[/QUOTE] [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/58/Princess_diaries_ver1.jpg[/img]
Doesn't beat me being the nigerian prince!
The King [img]http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130125124930-african-voices-king-peggy-ghana-c-00014709-horizontal-gallery.jpg[/img] [img]http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/130129113152-king-peggy-palanquin-horizontal-gallery.jpg[/img]
The article says she's got a movie underway with Queen Latifah starring as her. That was fast.
[QUOTE=Ryu-Gi;39455144]The article says she's got a movie underway with Queen Latifah starring as her. That was fast.[/QUOTE] Queen playing King?
so basically she has become ruler of a village at least she holds more power than somebody in the UN
[QUOTE=CubeManv2;39454692][img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/58/Princess_diaries_ver1.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] [IMG]http://www.signis.net/malone/img/wiki_up/king%20ralph.jpg[/IMG] This one is vastly superior.
She was on TV once. I think either the Daily Show or Colbert Report.
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