Indigenous Law State Law and the Protection of Indigenous Knowledge
摘要
Indigenous knowledge, as part of Indigenous property, is at the heart of the sustenance of Indigenous communities. Unlike intellectual property that is a close sibling, Indigenous knowledge is not a lex specialis largely defined in its own hermeneutics, but a manifestation of how Indigenous Africans have managed maintained, and interacted with their environment based primarily on their land. Accordingly, this chapter explores the nature of Indigenous knowledge to provide a context of how Indigenous communities have fared in their articulation within their political community of what they consider their knowledge.