LEGAL
Copyright and permission
Last updated: 27 April 2026
This page explains AfroManifesto’s approach to copyright — how we treat manifestos in the archive, how we treat our own editorial work, and how to request review or permission.
Manifestos in the archive
Political party manifestos are the intellectual property of the parties that publish them. AfroManifesto reproduces these documents as historical records, preserved in their original form, under principles of fair use, public interest, and archival preservation.
We believe that manifestos — once published by a political party seeking public office — become part of the public political record. Their preservation is a matter of public interest. The same principles that allow newspapers, libraries, universities, and electoral commissions to preserve and reference these documents apply to AfroManifesto.
We do not edit manifestos. We do not summarise them in place of the original. We do not paraphrase them to obscure their language. The document we hold is the document the party published.
If you are a political party representative
If you represent a political party whose manifesto is in the archive, and you have a concern about how the document is held or presented, you may:
Submit a correction. If the document is incomplete, mis-dated, mis-attributed, or otherwise incorrectly presented, use our corrections process. We treat party-submitted corrections as primary-source corrections.
Submit a more recent or definitive version. If a newer or more complete version of the manifesto exists and you would like the archive to hold the definitive version, you may submit it through our submissions process. We will review and, where appropriate, update the archive entry.
Request a takedown review. If you believe a manifesto in the archive should not be there at all, you may request a takedown review using the form below. Takedown requests are considered carefully but are not granted automatically. The archive’s purpose is preservation, and we balance party requests against the public-interest principle that political documents — once published — form part of the historical record.
AfroManifesto’s editorial work
The framing copy, methodology, editorial standards, country and party overviews, and Journal essays on this site are the intellectual property of AfroManifesto NPC.
You are welcome to cite and quote this material with attribution. Please link to the relevant page on afromanifesto.com when citing.
For requests to reproduce AfroManifesto editorial content in full — for example, to republish a Journal essay in a publication or include archive material in a book — please contact us for permission.