NGOs can be funny, at least that’s what Hussein Kurji is banking on. As a filmmaker in Nairobi, Kenya, he was constantly privy to stories of hilarious ineptitude by supposedly do-good organizations.

Doha, Qatar: Popular Nigerian comedian and skit maker Mr. Funny (Oga Sabinus) and Kenyan Comedienne Mammito Eunice are set to tickle the funny bones of Qatar residents when they grace the stage at the ...

Trevor Noah isn't the only South African comic on The Daily Show roster. This year, Comedy Central named some foreign correspondents to contribute to overseas versions of the show. And one of them is ...

What is the deal with international comedy? Join me each week to ask that very question in Comedy Tourism as I explore different trends and traditions of how the rest of the world makes funny in their ...

Ghanaian comedian Lekzy DeComic will headline a major comedy event, “Funny Boy Innit” (FBI), on Saturday, 27th September 2025 at the UPSA Auditorium in Accra, featuring two of South Africa’s biggest ...

In the wake of Ryan Coogler’s “Fruitvale Station” and “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” and Alexandre Moors’ “Blue Caprice” and Andrew Dosumnu’s “Mother of George,” the hype about 2013 as the year of Black ...

A new Irish Times series, Young Africans Rising, begins today with this report by Sally Hayden. When he was still in control of the Gambia, Africa's smallest mainland country, Yahya Jammeh presided ...

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — This is Part Three of a five-part series on South African comedians Continue to Parts: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 Up until a few years ago, the ...

Safta-nominated Comedy Central Live at the Savanna Virtual Comedy Bar renewed for another season starring Tumi Morake, Nina Hastie, Trevor Gumbi, Tyson Ngubeni and many more... The funny is back!

A comedian from South Africa uses humor as an antidote to South Africa's modern ills and racist past. NPR's Charlayne Hunter-Gault has the story. Following a contentious election, South Africans now ...