Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From stand-up acts to hit movies, Black comedy has been driving the culture for generations. Learn more about its history, and get ...

I don’t know about you, but we all need a good laugh now more than before. I could go into how the year has been rough for the ordinary Kenyan. The belt is getting tighter for the everyday Nairobian ...

No filters, no replays, no VAR: Savanna transforms everyday Mzansi absurdity into elite, arena-scale comedy experiences.

There is plenty to cry about in South Africa. The country has the third-highest murder rate and the highest unemployment rate in the world. Graft has corroded the shine of the ruling African National ...

33 Films has revealed an official trailer for an indie comedy from South Africa titled Soweto Blaze, the latest from South African filmmaker Brad Katzen. This initially premiered at the 2023 Austin ...

Laughter is the best medicine, an escape route from our problems. But what happens when that medicine is laced with poison, the laughter mixed with gasps, and the escape route leads directly to a pit ...

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 ...

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 ...

Envision Entertainment has teamed with South African production company Scene23 to develop Tighthead, an action-comedy crime procedural. Tighthead revolves around an unlikely crime-fighting duo made ...

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 ...

Black Comedy Month is coming up in August, and with that in mind, theGrio is taking a deep dive into the history of comedy in African-American culture. The comedic tradition has been around since the ...