AFTER finishing university Paul Philip decided he wanted an adventure.
The Fixby man didn't want to do the normal backpacking, so he travelled to Africa, to the depths of Ghana, to teach.
Now, two years later, he has returned and he is the Fra Fra tribe's newest chief.
The 24-year-old was crowned chief of development before he left the tribe's village of Bongo.
Paul, who studied engineering at Durham University, admitted there were some perks to the role - but he politely turned them down!
"I did get people offering me their daughters and the last chief had 10 wives," said Paul.
"But for me it was more about being respected and thanked by the tribe for the work I have done during the last two years."
Paul taught maths to classes of up to 40 people aged between 16 and 24.
While he was in the village he lived with only very basic facilities and had to wash in a bucket.
He added: "I had no formal teacher training before I went to Ghana, but they have a big shortage of teachers over there.
"I had to learn as I went along. A lot of classes are just the teacher speaking at the front of the class, but I tried to get the students involved.
"I made some brilliant friends and even picked up the tribe's language. Each day I just learned a bit more and a bit more until I could get by quite well. But most people spoke English.
"I would love to go back in maybe five or 10 years and see how everyone is and how the tribe have developed.
"It is great to be a chief; certainly something to tell the grandchildren about in years to come," he added.
