The only king who works as a hired gardener to send money back to support the whole country.
There are kings who only know how to enjoy life, but the world still has kings who live in poverty but still try to care for their people.
As a leader, when he realized that his people were still poor, the king of the Akan tribe, southern Ghana, decided to return to Canada to work as a gardener to earn money to send back home and call for help.
Eric Manu, at the age of 32, was elected king of the Akan tribe in 2015, but soon after that he returned to Langley, British Columbia, Canada to work as a hired gardener to earn money to send back to his people, according to Canada’s CTV.
In an interview with CTV, Manu said: “Sometimes when my friends come to my workplace, they are surprised and ask me, ‘You are a king. I saw you on TV. Why are you gardening now?'” However, Manu says that whenever he is in Canada, he always feels proud of his work.
Manu arrived in British Columbia (Canada) in 2012 after marrying a Canadian woman he met in Ghana. However, in 2015, he returned to Ghana to succeed the king of the Akan tribe after his uncle passed away at the age of 67.
The Akan tribe has about 6,000 people living in the southern region of Ghana. Manu says that in Ghana, the government does not really care about the remote villages, hamlets, and villages, but only focuses on urban areas, and therefore the area where the Akan tribe lives has very poor electricity, water, communication systems and general infrastructure.
That is the reason why Manu returned to Canada to do gardening and call for charity to support his compatriots. “I feel like I am living for my people and I have a responsibility to them, and they respect me. This has completely changed me,” the Akan king said.
Manu believes that he must be strong when facing the Ghanaian government. The king has previously invited the Ghanaian vice president to visit their village.
The money Manu earned during his months of work in Canada will be invested in improving health care in his hometown. Manu and his boss, Susan Watson, set up an aid organization and sent goods to the Akan, including medical equipment, education and clothing, this past spring. They hope to continue raising money to send a second shipment to Ghana.
“The village is quite poor. The health center only has a midwife and a few nurses. There are no doctors there,” Watson said.
Manu said that after returning to Canada, he hopes his people will prosper. “I really want my hometown, my village, to become the second Canada,” the king shared.
It is known that Manu and his owner, Susan Watson, have set up a charity organization, packing relief goods including medicine, books and other necessities to send to Ghana.
Susan said that the village where Manu was chosen to be king is still very poor. The health clinic there only has a midwife and a few nurses, but no doctors.
According to CTV
