Togbe Ngoryifia CĂ©phas Kosi Bansah (born April 22, 1948), also known as CĂ©phas Bansah, is the Ngoryifia (âdevelopmental chiefâ) of the Gbi Traditional area of Hohoe, Ghana. He is often incorrectly referred to as the King of Hohoe. He resides in Ludwigshafen, in Germany.
This is the African king who leads two very contrasting lives - as a part-time monarch and a full-time mechanic. Dressed in all his royal finery, CĂ©phas Bansah, helps to govern more than two million Ghanaian and Togolese people. But despite being regarded as a âsuperior and spiritual chief of Ewe peopleâ in Togo, he also works full-time mechanic in Germany - governing his people over Skype.
CĂ©phas grew up in Ghana, he moved to Germany in 1970 before he was appointed king. His kingdom, Gbi in Eastern Ghana on the border of Togo, consists of 300,000 Ewe people.
He originally moved to Germany when his grandfather, the then king, encouraged him to train there as a mechanic. After finishing his studies and gaining full citizenship, he settled and set up his own garage in Ludwigshafen. He continued living a peaceful life until 1987 - when he received a Fax which would change his life forever.
His grandfather, the King of Hohoe, had died and Bansahâs father and eldest brother were deemed unfit to rule because they were left-handed, which the Ewe people considered to be âuncleanâ. This meant that CĂ©phas was his grandfatherâs successor, and the new king.
He now lives in Ludwigshafen with his wife Gabriele Bansah, 57 and his two children Carlo and Katharina, continuing his job as a mechanic and his role as King. He uses Skype to govern his people and still visits Ghana up to eight times per year. In his role as king he also works on a number of aid projects including building schools and is currently raising money to build a womenâs prison. To fund his aid projects, CĂ©phas also sells his own beer, called Akosombo - even though he never drinks alcohol himself.
Even though Ghana is has a democratic system now, the traditional kings still have an important function within the communities as carers of their people. King Bansah helps to govern more than 2 million Ghanaian and Togolese. (source)
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