What should be done to make sure Africa's artists get paid what they are owed?

Africa Daily

Ugandan politician and musician Rachael Magoola says she’d be flying planes if she had been paid the way she should have been paid for the success of her music.

She was elected in 2021 and says her music played a big part in winning a seat in Uganda’s parliament.

She’s most famous for her song Obangaina which she wrote late 1990’s but she says she did not earn as much as she should have from the song.

Since becoming an Member of Parliament, Rachael Magoola has launched the Parliamentary Forum for Creative Arts in Uganda. She hopes it will push policies which will help to build a thriving creative economy in her country where artists can be paid what they are owed.

She believes the success of this industry could even reduce the number of young people leaving the continent for Europe.

She was in London recently with her band Afrigo, which just celebrated its 48th anniversary, and she spoke to Africa Daily’s Peter Musembi.