By Mark Wilberforce
BBC Focus on Africa
IMAGE COPYRIGHTSA POST OFFICEZimbabwean music mogul Munya Chanetsa felt his hackles rise when he learnt about the royalties battles that have been fought over the song Mbube - also known as The Lion Sleeps Tonight.
It is arguably the world's most famous song about a lion - and for more than eight decades it has made a lot of money for many people around the world.
But the composer of the catchy tune, South African Solomon Linda, died destitute in 1962.
While US artists were at loggerheads over the lucrative melody, he had been in and out of hospitals and suffering from kidney failure.
His song was brought up as an example of complicated copyright cases during a masterclass course taken by Chanetsa at the Academy of Sound Engineering in Johannesburg earlier this year.
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I looked at the DOCUMENTARY last night -- what a COMPLEX TALE.
More sides than an OCTAGON!!!