Experience the groundbreaking comedy sketch show 'Laugh Out Loud: Black And Proud' at TR Studios. Join us for a celebration of African-American humor and resilience from February 22-24, 2024. Don ...

African Voices is a weekly show that highlights Africa’s most engaging personalities, exploring the lives and passions of people who rarely open themselves up to the camera. Follow the team on ...

The story of an African American gang member in Seattle reinventing himself as a Hasidic Jewish rapper in Jerusalem might not sound like your typical comedy series. But then, Nissim Black – the ...

'Daryn's Gym is part of a growing South African slate flexing its muscles within a comedy genre no longer considered 'too refined' for local audiences’ taste.

Laughter and tears, insult and injury; motherhood, sisterhood and the lifeblood of a neighborhood is all in a day's work at Jaja's African Hair Braiding, the eponymous Harlem salon of Jocelyn Bioh's ...

African Americans in comedy: ‘We speak what we know’ by: Gabrielle Phifer Posted: Feb 23, 2023 / 05:51 PM EST Updated: Feb 23, 2023 / 07:33 PM EST ...

Four African screenwriters will pitch stories spanning genres at the 15th edition of Series Mania in Lille, France. Pitching this year are Kelly-Eve Koopman (South Africa) with urban fantasy ...

All this, in a nation where stand-up comedy is still a maturing art. Noah's DVDs are bestsellers, and he's already had a run as a talk-show host.

In fact, comedy has been an instrument of popular protest and social transformation since the anti-apartheid movement, and it is becoming even more influential in contemporary South Africa.

Other than the dwindling of black attendance at San Francisco comedy shows, what has changed in the 40 years since, is the reverence we give comedians. While Pryor earned a Grammy for That N– Crazy, ...