Indeed, intellectual property rights are not new to traditional African communities. Traditional legal systems of protection in Africa such as customary law protected the rights of members of these communities. These systems of protection are still used. There are also practices of monopoly from the past regarding the use of some products of creative works. This paper examines the various ways in which traditional intellectual properties have been protected over the years which are similar in some ways to modern intellectual property rights. Thus, proposing that the adoption of a pluralistic protection mechanism (legal pluralism) for traditional intellectual properties could resolve legal issues related to them in Africa.

确实，知识产权对传统非洲社区而言并不是新事物。非洲的传统保护法律体系（例如习惯法）保护了这些社区成员的权利。这些保护系统仍在使用。对于某些创意作品的使用，过去也存在垄断行为。本文研究了多年来保护传统知识产权的各种方式，这些方式在某些方面与现代知识产权类似。因此，建议对传统知识产权采用多元化保护机制（法律多元化）可以解决非洲与之相关的法律问题。