The Fifth Floor: How to apologise to a king

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  Welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service.

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  Estas Cuchando.

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  The fifth Floor.

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  The fifth Floor.

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  The fifth Floor.

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  Farnak Amidi Sobat.

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  This is the fifth floor at the heart of global storytelling, with BBC journalists from all around the world.

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  I'm your host, Faranak Amidi.

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  I guess it's not every day that you end up offending a king, but let's say you did.

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  Would you know how to apologize to him?

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  Recently in Ghana, a journalist made some comments on television about the king of the Asante tribe.

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  And soon she found herself at his palace apologizing.

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  But the whole thing didn't go down very well.

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  Daniel Dadze of BBC Africa is from Ghana, and I spoke to him to find out about the protocols and what went wrong with the apology.

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  So the Asante tribe, or the Ashanti tribe, it's one of the largest tribes in Ghana, has a very rich history, one of the most respected tribes in the country.

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  So there's an interesting fact about the Ashantis.

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