African Comedy Sounds Like This

Writer and actress Jocelyn Bioh gets excited about African comedy. Not "The Book of Mormon" kind where Africa is the punchline, but the insider first-person kind that draws on memory, nostalgia and referential humor. As the daughter of Ghanaian immigrants, Jocelyn craved stories about West Africa that were as funny and multi-layered as her personal experiences. This past year, a particular African comedy called “School Girls: Or the African Mean Girls Play” put Jocelyn on the map and led to her becoming a writer on two hit Netflix shows, “Russian Doll” and Spike Lee’s “She’s Gotta Have It”. Jocelyn intends to clarify all of your misconceptions about Africa, but she plans to do it with humor. So, what is the sound of African comedy? That’s today’s episode.  

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