Ever wonder what a female "King" looks like?

This is an attractive "large sized female using a man's title, and is a point of interest for today, this day in history, featured by NPR.
I wonder why a bright red party type of dress would be a funeral dress, and why King Peggy's 'attendants' do not look very friendly.

King Peggy, who is wearing traditional red funeral fabric, is being fanned by attendants. She is the first woman ruler of Otuam, Ghana.

Photograph by and courtesy of Eric Don-Arthur for NPR