Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One Nigerian TikToker, who has 1.5 million TikTok followers, is addressing useless African stereotypes on the platform. Charity ...

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 ...

2 Full Cast Set For MAYBE HAPPY ENDING North American Tour 3 Full Cast Set for BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB North American Tour The esteemed TR Studios is set to host an unprecedented comedy event as ...

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 ...

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 ...

Young African voices are gaining popularity on social media the world over, using these platforms for comedy and political debate – and often for political debate that’s also funny. Rowland ...

For most Americans, their first exposure to South African comedy has been Trevor Noah, the host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show.” Noah’s January 20, riff on Sarah Palin’s endorsement of Donald ...

Trevor Noah said the South African Comedy Festival aims to highlight local performers and reflect the diversity of South Africa’s comedy audience.

Barkley L. Hendricks (born 1945), “Sacrifice of the Watermelon Virgin or Shirt Off Her Back,” 1987. Color offset lithograph, 21 5/8 × 30 inches. Lent by University Museums, University of Delaware, ...

In the Western academic tradition, the study of humour has developed from the time Plato (428-348 BCE) taught students in Athens how to inject irony into political debate into a subject that through ...

The jokes mask a deep-seated anger over the legacy of apartheid and the inequality that many Black people say continues to define life in their country. By Lynsey Chutel and Zimasa Matiwane Lynsey ...