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    1. BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 29 Sep 2017

      ⏰ Tonight at 19GMT 📻📱💻 http://bbc.in/2xQqcWC  We are discussing 👇 in our 🏾#BBCAfricaDebate. Join us! Promise you a great show 😉pic.twitter.com/HH3dhRqHWZ

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    2. BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 29 Sep 2017

      We are finally LIVE with #BBCAfricaDebate, talking #culturalappropriation from Cape Town. Follow on 📻, 📱, 💻 👉🏾 http://bbc.in/2xQXmoM  😃

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    3. BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 29 Sep 2017

      What's your take on the point Thania is making about appropriation or paying tribute? http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cstwlp …pic.twitter.com/4z18Z9Lqb9

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    4. BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 29 Sep 2017

      "Language/culture are hybrids, but that argument can be used to relativise everything & flatten it” #BBCAfricaDebate http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cstwlp …pic.twitter.com/2rNyuWzYfQ

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    5. BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 29 Sep 2017

      Caroline Ncube: "We can draw a line, but the law is a really blunt tool to deal with this issue” #BBCAfricaDebate http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cstwlp …pic.twitter.com/m6pB0NOxXn

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    6. BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 29 Sep 2017

      Caroline Ncube: "You have copyright in your work, if it’s original, if you’ve created the work" #BBCAfricaDebatehttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cstwlp …

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    7. BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 29 Sep 2017

      More on differences/nuances of #culturalappropriation from Thania Petersen, South African artist and photographerhttp://bbc.in/2woIquy 

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    8. BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 29 Sep 2017

      We are back after a short break. #BBCAfricaDebate is discussing cultural appropriation 📻📱💻http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cstwlp …

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    9. BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 29 Sep 2017

      Eunice Guestyn "It all boils down to creative integrity. Once you start to put laws in place, who polices the laws?” http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cstwlp …pic.twitter.com/pTR7ptA0Kt

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      BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 29 Sep 2017

      Caroline Ncube, expert in Intellectual Property law, says more needs to be done in terms of cultural heritage protection #BBCAfricaDebate

      12:44 PM - 29 Sep 2017
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        1. BBC News Africa‏Verified account @BBCAfrica 29 Sep 2017

          That went quickly! 😌. Thank you for tuning in, hope you enjoyed the #BBCAfricaDebate about cultural appropriation 😊http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3cstwlp …

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        1. Yao Noah Nash‏ @nashmessiah 29 Sep 2017
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          What abt the intellectual property for the agric sector or biotechnology

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