Dressed in all his royal finery, Céphas Bansah, helps to govern more than two million Ghanaian and Togolese people.
But despite being regarded as a 'superior and spiritual chief of Ewe people' in Togo, he also works full-time mechanic in Germany - governing his people over Skype.
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| Regal: King Bansah (pictured) leads two very contrasting lives as a part-time monarch and a full-time monarch |
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| Despite being regarded as a 'superior and spiritual chief of Ewe people' in Togo, he also works full-time mechanic in Germany - governing his people over Skype |
The 67-year-old's official royal status is 'King Togbe Ngoryifia Cephas Kosi Bansah' - but he spends most of his time in oily overalls fixing cars.
Céphas 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.
His grandfather, the King of Hohoe, had died and Bansah's father and eldest brother were deemed unfit to rule because they were left-handed, which the Ewe people considered to be 'unclean'.
This meant that Céphas was his grandfather's 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 women's prison.
To fund his aid projects, Céphas also sells his own beer, called Akosombo - even though he never drinks alcohol himself.
German photographer Christina Czybik spent the day with the king at his home and managed to capture a fascinating insight into his life.
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| King Bansah is pictured with his son Carlo Bansah (left), his daughter Katharina Bansah (centre) and his wife Gabriele Bansah (right) |
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