Minnesota was promised to us
Somalis have answered Trump’s latest racist tirade not with outrage but with a tidal wave of trolling.
comedy
Calling Trump’s bluff
As the White House hypes “Christian genocide” and floats military action, northern Nigerians are responding with satire.
The serious side of funny business
Nigerian comedians are getting political.
The problem with post-race comedy
Comics have power, especially over the young, and perhaps more than we care to acknowledge.
Laughing pains
Stand-up comedy, especially black stand-up, and the political in South Africa.
Performing Society’s Provocations
Comedian Mpho "Popps" Modikoane is the spokesman of South Africa's "Born Frees."
Are ‘African jokes’ played out?
Who (can) make "African jokes", are they funny or do they go too far?
Trevor Noah’s “whole African American thing”
Throwback: What happened when Trevor Noah made his debut on American network TV.
When Richard Pryor dressed up as “a tribal bushman”
This was for the cover art of one of his comedy albums: "The cover looked totally real, like a cover of National Geographic."
African-American comedians and “Africa jokes”
From Richard Pryor through to Jamie Foxx, Chris Rock and Wyatt Cenac. They all do "Africa" bits. It's not always funny or good social commentary.