The Copyright Thing Doesn't Work Here: Adinkra and Kente Cloth and Intellectual Property in Ghana (First Peoples: New Directions Indigenous)

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In Ghana, adinkra and kente textiles derive their significance from their association with both Asante and Ghanaian cultural nationalism Adinkra, made by stenciling patterns with black dye, and kente, a type of strip weaving, each convey, through color, style, and adornment, the bearer8217 s identity, social status, and even emotional state Yet both textiles have been widely massproduced outside Ghana, particularly in East Asia, without any compensation to the originators of the designsIn The Copyright Thing Doesn8217 t Work Here, Boatema Boateng focuses on the appropriation and protection of adinkra and kente cloth in order to examine the broader implications of the use of intellectual property law to preserve folklore and other traditional forms of knowledge Boateng investigates the compatibility of indigenous practices of authorship and ownership with those established under intellectual property law, considering the ways in which both are responses to the changing social and

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