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| Washington, D.C. U.S.A. Secretary Becomes Ghanaian King |
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| Written by Crown Trust |
| Tuesday, 18 August 2009 10:00 |
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"I'm a big-time king, you know," Bartels told Washington Post reporters. "Not everyone gets to become king. Perhaps it is my destiny."
Her Majesty the King had not planned for such an unlikely career change. She was chosen as the Ghana village's King after her 90 year old uncle, died. The elders chose Bartels in a ritual involving the use of schnapps and steam. Bartels was chosen from among 25 relatives in contention for the crown. Her Majesty first learned the news when a relative called in the early hours of the morning of the joyous day. The relative addressed Her Majesty as "Nana", a Ghanaian term used when addressing grandparents or other people of stature. The King, who has no children, told the reporter that she thought the call was a prank. Being female she figured the title of queen would be more fitting. "Things are changing," The King recalls her relative saying. "You have to accept it." The King didn't make up her mind right away and agonized over the decision for three months before finally coming to the realization that she could not escape her destiny. For now, Her Majesty commutes, traveling to Ghana recently for 10 days to attent the coronation ceremony and manage other royal affairs of State. Her Majesty plans to maintain her secretarial job until reitrement in about five or six years. Ghana is a tiny, but densely populated nation of 24 million sandwiched between Ivory Coast and Togo. It is a democracy, but many of the villages are ruled by chiefs, kings and queens. Though Her Majesty is separated from her citizens by an ocean and the elders are mainly men, she doesn't intend to be an absentee or pushover King. Her phone often rings in the middle of the night to settle disputes. One recent dispute involved a man who was accused of beating his wife. "I will talk to him..." the king said. "If he does it again, we'll throw him out of town."
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Peggielene Bartels, an office worker at the Ghana embassy in Northwest Washington, was crowned king of a tiny village in the coastal African nation of Ghana.
