Article: `CINDERELLA' STORY.(King Togbe Korsi Ferdinand Gakpetor II and Mamaa Kpui of Ghana)(Brief Article)

Article: Ordinary Dutchman stumbles into African throne An unlikely king's
Courier-News (Elgin, IL);  January 18, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... middle-aged, paunchy, unemployed white man plops down on the sofa to watch TV with his kids. Meet King Togbe Korsi Ferdinand Gakpetor II of Ghana. In Holland, the king is Henk Otte, a Dutch construction worker on welfare. In West Africa ...

Article: UNEMPLOYED DUTCHMAN REVERED AS AFRICAN KING.(News)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  January 18, 2000 ;     635 words ... ... paunchy, unemployed white man plops down on the sofa to watch television with his kids. Meet King Togbe Korsi Ferdinand Gakpetor II of Ghana. In Holland, the king is Henk Otte, a Dutch construction worker on welfare. In West Africa ...

Article: STRANGE BUT TRUE ...bizarre stories from around the world; ...
Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland);  January 23, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... bearers and surrounded by cheering crowds. He wears a crown and monarch's robes and has the title King Togbe Korsi Ferdinand Gakpetor II. Henk has considered moving to Ghana, but there are drawbacks. Although he is king, he is prohibited ...

Article: Jobless man ruler of a kingdom.
Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  January 19, 2000 ;     477 words ... ... look like royalty. But Henk Otte, who survives on unemployment benefit is his native Holland, is King Togbe Korsi Ferdinand Gakpetor II in Ghana. In West Africa kingdom, he rules part of the lush Volta Region, home to tens of thousands of ...

Article: Jobless man ruler of a kingdom
Evening Mail;  January 19, 2000 ;     459 words ... ... look like royalty. But Henk Otte, who survives on unemployment benefit is his native Holland, is King Togbe Korsi Ferdinand Gakpetor II in Ghana. In West Africa kingdom, he rules part of the lush Volta Region, home to tens of thousands of ...

Article: 'YOU, A KING? HA!' WHITE DUTCHMAN RULES GHANA TRIBE.(NEWS)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  January 18, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... middle-aged, paunchy, unemployed white man plops down on the sofa to watch TV with his kids. Meet King Togbe Korsi Ferdinand Gakpetor II of Ghana. In Holland, the king is Henk Otte, a Dutch construction worker on welfare. In West Africa ...

Article: At home
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  January 23, 2000 ;     682 words ... ... middle-aged, paunchy, unemployed white man plops down on the sofa to watch TV with his kids. Meet King Togbe Korsi Ferdinand Gakpetor II of Ghana. In Holland, the king is better known as Henk Otte, a Dutch construction worker on welfare ...