The Polygamist’s Netflix success has boosted demand for Sue Nyathi’s novel, but alleged piracy in Nairobi shows why African authors need stronger copyright protection.
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The Polygamist’s Netflix success should have been an uncomplicated victory lap for African storytelling. Instead, alleged book piracy has exposed a painful truth: loving a story cheaply can still damage the author who created it.
Sakhele Mzalazala’s What is Copyright? Our Song is more than a children’s book. It is an early intervention in a music industry where too many creatives only learn about ownership after the damage is done.
SAMRO and Music Business Lab’s graduation of 50 music entrepreneurs is a reminder that South African music’s future is not only built in studios and on stages. It is also built through publishing knowledge, rights management and business education.
