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To be a King is not always about gold and diamonds. This modest King proves the fact riches come in bundles of love. Provided by
DAVID GONZALEZ The New York Times reports away in an isolated part of Bolivia, is a royal family whose existence is as surprising as it is humble. Despite his title, King Don Julio I and his wife live in a small apartment on top of a small store in Mururata, Bolivia, where he farms coca leaves and other crops.
Yet this modest monarch can trace his lineage to West Africa, where his ancestor Prince Uchicho was enslaved in 1820 and taken by the Spaniards to work in the silver mines of the region. Full story at https://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/lens/2015/11/17/an-african-king-in-bolivia/?referer=