The Polygamist - Sue Nyathi Interview
947 Drive with Thando · 22 June 2026 · 11m
Speaker 1: Nine four seven Drive with sand Ladies and Gentlemen, the show on everyone's lips. No Speaker 1: one thought, you know, we could be distracted from the Majungle Commission until in came Speaker 1: The Polygamists. Speaker 2: Right. Speaker 1: She's one of South Africa's most competing contemporary voices in fiction. She's an author whose Speaker 1: work doesn't just tell stories, but opens up conversations about love, about power, about identity, Speaker 1: and the complicated spaces in between. This book was actually originally self published in twenty Speaker 1: twelve, was then published in South Africa in twenty twenty, and then, of course it's Speaker 1: now taken a second life as a Netflix series. She joins us now on the Speaker 1: line author of The Polygamist. So yeah too, Ladies and Gentlemen. Firstly, still congratulations. Speaker 2: Do you imagine it? Would you know? Speaker 1: I mean it's number one in more than ten countries all around the world, number Speaker 1: two in the US. Speaker 2: Did you imagine such success? Speaker 3: Not at all? Tundo, thank you for having me on the show. Yeah, no, definitely, Speaker 3: it's you know, seated my expectations in terms of reception, but. Speaker 1: Also such a complex story but also so real. I think you almost dolved into Speaker 1: parts that women felt. But couldn't exactly. You can't really put into words, do you Speaker 1: know. Speaker 2: What I mean? You almost have to walk to the journey.
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