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11 March 2026
Eco Sanaa Hub

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Organised by Tanzania Reproduction Rights Society Ltd (TANRRS)

Copyright seminar for authors, publishers and users

11 March 2026
Eco Sanaa Hub

TANRRS, in collaboration with key stakeholders, hosted a one-day copyright seminar for authors, publishers and users of copyrighted works.

Key topics

The Copyright Act
Protection of copyright
Piracy and infringement of copyright
Collective management and tariffs

Who should attend

Authors and writers
Publishers
Librarians and information professionals
Educators and researchers
Copyright administrators
Creative industry stakeholders

Organised with the support and participation of PATA, COSOTA, COSOZA and TANFWA, among others, to strengthen awareness and enforcement of copyright in Tanzania.

Past event

Hosted by TANFWA with NFF and the International Authors’ Forum

PAWS 2025: the 4th Pan African Writers Symposium

2–3 October 2025
University of Dar es Salaam Library

Authors, publishers, booksellers, editors, translators, academics and policy makers met on the theme “Harnessing New and Emerging Technologies for Sustainable Publishing Industry Development in Africa”.

Subthemes

Navigating the New Frontiers
Copyright and AI on Authors’ Rights
Academic Authorship Landscape in Africa
Capacity Building and Authorship Transformation in Africa

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News & stories

From the book world

News7 October 2021

Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah wins the Nobel Prize in Literature

The Swedish Academy recognised the Tanzanian novelist’s “uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee”. Abdulrazak Gurnah won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature, the award-giving body said.

Resource23 October 2020

Copyright in the digital age: what faculty and authors should consider

When faculty members consider copyright in the digital age, it is often in relation to things we can’t, or shouldn’t, do. For example, we can’t place too much material in online reserve without appropriate permissions.

Profile26 May 2021

Mzee Ruksa: Ali Hassan Mwinyi, Tanzania’s second president

Ali Hassan Mwinyi is a Tanzanian politician who served as the second President of the United Republic of Tanzania. He is often referred to as Mzee Ruksa (“Everything goes”).

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2021Abdulrazak Gurnah wins the Nobel Prize in Literature.
2023TANFWA takes part in PAWS in Cape Town, South Africa.
2025TANFWA hosts the 4th PAWS in Dar es Salaam.

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