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      Protecting expressions of folklore within the right to culture in Africa

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          This paper explores the protection of expressions of folklore within the right to culture in Africa by considering three issues, which are the increased understanding of the right to culture in national constitutions and the recognition that customary law is a manifestation of the right to culture; an expanded understanding of the substantive content of the article 15(1) of the International Covenant for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights as part of the right to culture; and the recognition of the rights of indigenous peoples marked significantly by the 2007 United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People. The paper demonstrates how a human rights regime may assist in overcoming some of the deficiencies in the national protection of expressions of folklore in Africa.

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                pelj
                PER: Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad
                PER
                Publication of North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus) (Potchefstroom )
                1727-3781
                2010
                : 13
                : 4
                : 49-92
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Centre for African Legal Studies Port Harcourt Nigeria and Associate
                [2 ] Rivers State University of Science and Technology Port Harcourt Nigeria
                Article
                S1727-37812010000400004
                4f7003b9-6aa8-416b-a503-e3277dbf7f7d

                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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                Law

                General law
                Folklore,right to culture,African customary law,indigenous people,human rights
                General law
                Folklore, right to culture, African customary law, indigenous people, human rights

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