King Peggy Bartels
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King Peggy: From Secretary to King
Nana Amuah-Afenyi VI is Peggy Bartels' new title, but she is better known as King Peggy. This straight-talking powerhouse is the first woman in her fishing community of 7,000 people in Ghana's Central Region to be anointed a king, or "nana."
The story of her journey from American secretary to leader of 7,000 people half a world away is not only astonishing, it's uplifting, empowering and not without humor. Peggy proves that real life challenges and triumphs are often stranger than fiction, and that it is possible to effect change- even in the most inflexible and demanding of circumstances.
In changing Otuam, Peggy was herself transformed, from an ordinary secretary to the heart and hope of her community. King Peggy can speak with her co author, Eleanor Herman.
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Author and female king to share her story at the Weinberg Center
Peggielene Bartels, better known as King Peggy, is a secretary at the Ghanian Embassy in Washington. In 2008, she was chosen to be King of Otuam, her hometown in Ghana. She turned the story of that journey into a book with the help of co-author Eleanor Herman.
Queen Latifah To Play King Peggy - Based On Secretary-Turned ...
King Peggy & Queen Latifah. File this one under "unconfirmed" for now. According to a number of UK media outlets, Queen Latifah is attached to star in a biopic ...
The American secretary who became king: A woman's journey to ...
For 30 years Peggy Bartels was a secretary in the U.S. -- until she was asked to take over from her uncle as king of a Ghanaian village.
Books by King Peggy Bartels
“King Peggy: An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed an African Village” (2012)
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