Kennedy Johnson was 15 years old when she gave birth to a baby girl in a Detroit foster home for teen moms, in February 1996. Twenty-five years later, when Johnson found herself in northern Ghana being made a queen, she couldn’t quite believe where life had led her.
In front of an adoring crowd in Tamale, the largest city in northern Ghana, Johnson was given her honorary title of "Zosimli Naa" in October 2021. It was conferred on her by the Dakpema, Abdul-Razik Salifu, a local spiritual leader, with Zosimli Naa roughly translating as "Friendship Queen" — effectively making her the Dakpema’s head of development in the area.
Thousands of miles from home, Эскорт каталог Израиль riding on a horse and dressed in traditional royal attire, Johnson would have been forgiven for thinking she was in a dream.
"I’m still pinching myself," Johnson told CNN. "It feels very surreal.
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