Best known for her role as Judge Khambule on 'Moja Love' and her sharp stand-up comedy, Thenjiwe has built a loyal following ...

The normally deserted bar is transformed, swelling with young corporates, neckties loosened, sipping beer and engaged in banter. Some of us cannot afford to go to the streets to demonstrate. So we ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“Kneecap,” the wild Irish comedy biopic that took Sundance by storm earlier this year, is heading to Africa. The film, which is Ireland’s submission to the Oscars international film category and many ...

Douglas Lyons' "Chicken & Biscuits" turns a tense family funeral into a laugh-filled spectacle in African-American ...

From stand-up acts to hit movies, Black comedy has been driving the culture for generations. Learn more about its history, and get some recommendations for a watch party too. Black Comedy Month is ...

Simply sign up to the Film myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Genre fatigue is altogether the point in The Blackening, a horror spoof that comments ironically on chillers that were ...

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 ...