Modified On January 9, 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.