The Professor Uche Okeke Legacy Limited came into being in April of 2019 and has been formally registered as a for-profit company to perpetuate and propagate the intellectual, creative and material property of Uche Okeke, with the sole purpose of protecting, preserving, and promoting the ideologies and artistic legacy bestowed by Uche Okeke. PUOLL is a Special Purpose Vehicle warehousing Professor
Uche Okeke's intellectual property, his vast artistic output and his huge personal collection of art and documents. This collection of art and the extensive associated archives are held by PUOLL in a special relationship with ASELE INSTITUTE, an organisation set up in 1958 by Uche Okeke, and access is available to the global public, art lovers, academics and other interested publics. The Key responsibilities of PUOLL are:
To preserve all intellectual, artistic and material property in the late Uche Okeke's Estate. To manage and hold legal rights to any enterprise arising from the sale of Uche Okeke themed merchandise including limited edition items ranging from prints of artworks to textile, ceramics, etcetera. To support the non-profit activities of Asele Institute through in-kind and financial donations. To hold all copyright to Uche Okeke's intellectual and artistic property and manage any income from loan of artworks, permissions to use images or excerpts from Uche Okeke's books published under Asele Institute, in publications or on wall surfaces or for projects, activities etc. To expand on the existing community of artists, intellectuals, researchers, scholars, poets and institutions affiliated to Asele Institute through activities/projects/events that promote scholarship, innovation, development, exchange of knowledge, cultural entrepreneurship and professionalism.
