One Nigerian TikToker, who has 1.5 million TikTok followers, is addressing useless African stereotypes on the platform. Charity Ekezie from Abuja, Nigeria often received extremely ignorant comments ...

President Sir Frank Cooper of The African American Humor Awards Society, the very first Black comedy award show. Photo Credit: Sir Frank Cooper Established in 1989 by Sir Frank Cooper, The African ...

""If I really want to scare the hell out of my white friends, I drive out to the suburb they live in and walk down their street slowly, carrying the real estate section of the New York Times."" This ...

Armed with big grins and risque humor, South African standup comedians Nik Rabinowitz and Tats Nkonzo take to the stage at Cape Town’s Baxter Theater. “We would like to dedicate this song to all the ...

The term “dark humor” was coined in 1935 to describe a subgenre of comedy in which pleasure arises from topics generally considered taboo. Dark Humor: African American Art from the University Museums, ...

In the past year, I’ve had the privilege of working with a leading scholar in humor studies. Dr. Jennalee Donian is an NIHSS postdoctoral research fellow at Nelson Mandela University in South Africa ...

Noah is a post-Apartheid comic who specializes in mining material from melancholic episodes of his own harsh upbringing. His mother, Patricia, is a Xhosa-speaking black woman from Soweto township who ...

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. Comedian Alfred Mugenzi stands on the dimly lit stage, and a single spotlight illuminates his figure. The audience in Bujumbura laughs ...

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The U.S. assumed the rotating G20 presidency last week, shortly after boycotting the summit hosted by President Cyril ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Driving home through dead traffic lights to a half-cooked dinner is the new normal in South Africa, where rolling power blackouts have become a common drudgery. The government ...