"You're the king?" In 2014, an auto mechanic in Germany called the police, claiming that four of his crowns had been stolen. The police thought he was joking, but they didn't expect his identity to be really not simple.
One day ten years ago, the German police received a call that sounded like a prank. A man who identified himself as Sepas Bansa anxiously claimed that his belongings had been stolen from his home and that he had lost a lot of valuables.
What made the police think it was a hoax was that he claimed that the stolen items included four solid gold crowns and other royal treasures, with a total value of up to 20,000 euros!
The police officers who received the call were confused, they couldn't believe their ears. How can there be any royal family in Germany these days? Could it be that the props of which crew were stolen? Or maybe the caller has a mental illness and made up this bizarre story?
However, as the investigation deepened, a shocking fact gradually emerged, this seemingly ordinary car mechanic really had an amazing identity that had been hidden for 37 years!
The informant was Bansa, who was born into a tribe in Ghana, a small African country, and his real identity was the chieftain of the tribe.
At that time, Ghana had not yet become independent, and the tribal economy of the colony was backward, but it retained the tradition of a more backward monarchy.
At the age of 22, as the grandson of a tribal chief, young Bansa was sent to distant Germany to learn the art of car repair, which was then considered "magic".
Arriving in Germany, Bansa showed an amazing talent for learning, and he quickly mastered various repair skills and successfully obtained the relevant qualifications.
However, for many years after that, he did not receive news from his homeland, but in a foreign country, he found a stable job, married a wife, had children, and lived a peaceful and happy life. Aside from occasionally sending some money back to improve the life of the tribe, he almost forgot his distant homeland and that ancient tribe.
This life continued until 1987, when Bansa was approaching the end of his life, when he suddenly received a fax from his hometown. His grandfather, the chief of the Hohoe tribe, died, and according to tribal tradition, he had to return to his homeland and inherit the chieftaincy.
Although Bansa's father and brother are still alive, they are both left-handed, and according to the old customs of the tribe, left-handed people cannot inherit the throne, so this "crown" fell to Bansa, the right-hander who is far away in Germany.
With a peaceful and stable life on the one hand, and a mission of great responsibility on the other, Bansa is caught in a deep struggle and contradictions.
In the end, the sense of responsibility engraved in Bansa's blood triumphed over everything. In 1992, Bansa returned to his hometown after a long absence, received the worship of his people, and was officially crowned the new chief of the tribe.
However, to the surprise of the tribesmen, the new chief, who had lived in the "advanced countries" for many years, did not become the ruler in his homeland, as they had imagined.
Shortly after the coronation, Bansa announced a startling decision that he was going back to Germany to continue repairing cars, and that tribal matters they could contact by phone and online.
Having lived in Germany for many years, Bansa has come to realize that it is better to teach a man to fish than to teach him to fish. Rather than sitting on the title of chieftain and enjoying a short period of prosperity and wealth, it is better to use the knowledge and skills you have acquired to help the tribe lift itself out of poverty and backwardness and achieve real development and progress.
In this way, Bansa returned to Germany and lived his "two-sided life". During the day, he is a highly skilled and diligent car mechanic in the workshop, talking with his colleagues about car parts and mechanics.
And when night falls, he will become a tribal chief who is strategizing and caring for his people.
Although it is thousands of miles away from its hometown, thanks to the existence of the Internet, the tribe is actually well organized by Bansa, the tribal roads are smooth, the houses are tidy, and the children have bright smiles on their faces.
Back on that cold winter night in 2014, when the German police finally confirmed Bansa's true identity and recovered his stolen "crown" and other tribal tokens, everyone was deeply shocked by the legend of the "auto mechanic king".
It turns out that the real king does not have to be dressed in fine clothes, wearing a crown on his head, and sitting in a splendid palace. They can also be ordinary people wearing overalls and holding wrenches, using their own hands and wisdom to create a better life for their people in ordinary posts.
Reference: The Paper "The Most Wonderful King in History, Working for 20 Years to Feed the Entire "Country"
