Zimbabwe: Satire Booming After Mugabe's Fall
They've been saving it up... | [All Africa] On A stage in a park in Harare, Carl Joshua Ncube, perhaps the country's most famous comedian, is coaching a novice. Imitating her act, in which she pretends to deliver a baby, he mimes a doctor slapping its bottom.
"People love to hear about bottoms," he tells her. An hour or so later, he introduces her--and three other wannabe female comics, one of whom is his wife--to a big audience.
"In Zim-bob-we we only have one female comedian," he says, mock-solemnly.
Posted by: Fred 2018-05-26 |