UN hails move to protect African folklore

New York, 1 Sept-(ANA)-The United Nations agency charged with protecting intellectual property worldwide has welcomed the adoption by a number of African States of a new legal instrument that seeks to protect the continent’s traditional knowledge and folklore.
 

The instrument, adopted earlier this month in Swakopmund, Namibia, by member states of the African Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO),is designed to preserve and protect the use of Africa’s diverse knowledge systems and cultures for the continent’s sustainable development. (ANA)

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