Punch lines: comedian stands up for South Sudan

to have died. The landlocked East African country is still recovering, with violence and insecurity continuing in some areas.

Back in South Sudan, he found that “the craft of stand-up is a very new craft” – at least in English. He still faces a lot of confusion when he tells people comedy is his job. With South Sudanese audiences, “rather than starting from a place of making people laugh, you start from a point of proving to people that you can do this.” This is true particularly when doing shows in more rural areas. “It takes some time for everyone to adapt.

Some 10 comedians performed at this year’s Juba International Comedy Festival: five of them South Sudanese, and the rest from other African countries. “I’ve always known that I want my writing to be universal, I want everyone to understand what I’m saying ... When I travel there are so many things I have to work on, from my accent to my speed, for me to be understood by different people. My points of reference.”

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