Bombing in Uganda is bombing in Seattle…

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on January 9th, 2006

…is bombing in Cleveland, or London, or Mumbai.

It is but a small paragraph in a hefty article (“Manufacturing Laughter” by Dennis D. Muhumuza) in The Daily Monitor, the newspaper of the Ugandan capital of Kampala:

“Comedians are born,” says Kaganda. “As comedians, we bring out the crazy aspects of life in a funny way but sometimes you stand in front of the crowds with your very solid joke and for a minute or two nobody is responding,” says Kemizinga. “You feel like you’ve committed a big crime.”

Comedy in Uganda is influenced by Seinfeld, Rock and Murphy. Read the whole thing.