One Nigerian TikToker, who has 1.5 million TikTok followers, is addressing useless African stereotypes on the platform. Charity Ekezie from Abuja, Nigeria often received extremely ignorant comments ...

President Sir Frank Cooper of The African American Humor Awards Society, the very first Black comedy award show. Photo Credit: Sir Frank Cooper Established in 1989 by Sir Frank Cooper, The African ...

The esteemed TR Studios is set to host an unprecedented comedy event as "Laugh Out Loud: Black And Proud," a groundbreaking comedy sketch show fully produced by and featuring the rich voices of the ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Humor has always been a recipe for healing for African Americans. For centuries, it has been a form of escape rather than just amusement. “Early on during slavery, they ...

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. Comedian Alfred Mugenzi stands on the dimly lit stage, and a single spotlight illuminates his figure. The audience in Bujumbura laughs ...

In the past year, I’ve had the privilege of working with a leading scholar in humor studies. Dr. Jennalee Donian is an NIHSS postdoctoral research fellow at Nelson Mandela University in South Africa ...

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 ...

Barkley L. Hendricks (born 1945), “Sacrifice of the Watermelon Virgin or Shirt Off Her Back,” 1987. Color offset lithograph, 21 5/8 × 30 inches. Lent by University Museums, University of Delaware, ...

*Theater enthusiasts in Los Angeles will have the opportunity to experience the vibrant world of Ghanaian culture through the eyes of acclaimed playwright Jocelyn Bioh when her hit play, ‘JaJa’s ...

One can understand humor in terms of one or some combination of the three types of humor (incongruity, release, superiority) and also by envisioning humor as a finite-province of meaning in the ...