Category: World Service
Date: 26.09.2005
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In a 成人快手 first, the monarch of Ghana's Ashanti Kingdom, Asantehene King Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, will answer questions from audiences in a one-hour special to be broadcast live from his palace on Wednesday 28 September for the 成人快手 World Service's English for Africa interactive programme Africa Have Your Say.
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Presenter Solomon Mugera Omollo will also be joined in the royal city of Kumasi by South Africa's King Kgosi Leruo Molotlegi, ruler of one of the richest tribes in Africa, and the President of Canada's Nisga'a indigenous nation, Nelson Leeson.
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The programme broadcasts as part of a special 成人快手 season called Who Runs Your World?
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Listeners will be given the unique opportunity to discuss with the three leaders how they run their affairs, from how they resolve disputes to how they work alongside the state.
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Listeners can get in touch by -
Telephone: +44 20 78 36 02 15
Text: +44 77 86 20 20 08
Fax +44 20 73 79 56 83
Email: africa.live@bbc.co.uk
or online at bbcnews.com/yourworld under Have Your Say.
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Martin Davies, 成人快手 Editor of Africa Have Your Say, said: "Africa Have Your Say is about linking people together and we are delighted that these leaders, who run communities that are separated by thousands of miles, can come together live for the 成人快手.
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"Listeners will gain a better insight of what the leaders do and have the opportunity to challenge them on key issues."
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Other programmes in the 成人快手 World Service English for Africa Who Runs Your World? season include:
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a series on cotton farming and the people involved from production to the stock markets;
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an investigation into the complex system of political patronage in Nigeria;
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a programme looking at one man's relationship with corruption and how every day he goes from one bribe to another;
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a programme looking at how armies infiltrate every aspect of life;
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personal accounts from people of different religions in a programme looking at how they see the power of their gods;
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and a programme featuring a football fan whose life revolves around his favourite team.
