This book gives the reader an understanding of the legal and practical issues posed by copyright for access to learning materials in africa and identifies the relevant lessons best policies and best practices that would broaden and deepen this access this book is based on the work of the african copyright and access to knowledge aca2k research network launched in late 2007 as a network of researchers committed to probing the relationship between copyright and learning materials access . It has become a commonplace that we now live in a global information society which more thoughtful analysis has suggested leads to a divide between the informa. Access to knowledge in africa the role of copyright february 2011 in this article dick kawooya1 presents the recently published book access to knowledge in africa the role of copyright the international interdisciplinary research project known as african copyright and access to knowledge aca2k started in 2008 with support from the international development research centre idrc of canada and the shuttleworth foundation of south africa its primary objective was to examine the . The emergence of the internet and the digital world has changed the way people access produce and share information and knowledge yet people in africa face challenges in accessing scholarly publications journals and learning materials in general at the heart of these challenges and solutions to them is copyright the branch of . Access to knowledge in africa the role of copyright login all of openuct open education resources other publications research outputs theses dissertations search