Briefs
KANSIIME:
KANSIIME: EAST AFRICA’S QUEEN OF COMEDY VISITS JOHANNESBURG Following the success of her Australian Tour, East Africa’s queen of comedy Anne Kansiime was recently booked to host an award ceremony in South Africa. In 2007, while still an undergraduate at Makerere University, Kansiime began to participate in drama skits performed by the theatre group Theatre Factory, who played at the Uganda National Theatre in Kampala’s central business district. When Theatre Factory disintegrated, she joined its replacement, Theatre Fun. The group plays every Thursday evening and the best skits were broadcast on NTV Uganda in the Barbed Wire TV show that later became U-Turn. She partnered with Brian Mulondo as a Taxi interview conductor in the MiniBuzz series and provided comic video dramatizations of topical issues that random passengers discussed. Visit w w w. a f r i c a n p r o . c o . z a / professionals to read more
Trevor:
TREVOR: FROM CAMEO ON ISIDINGO TO NEW HOST OF DAILY SHOW South African comedian Trevor Noah is replacing comedian and political satirist Jon Stewart as host of the late-night talk and news satire television program The Daily Show. Trevor debuted on the show as a senior international correspondent on December 4, but was seen as a worthy replacement over big names such as Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert and Jason Jones. Stewart announced in February 2015 that he will be stepping down from the show later this year. He has been the show’s host for over fifteen years. Visit www. africapro.co.za/professionals to read more
EXPATRIATES:
WHITES ARE EXPATRIATES, THE REST ARE IMMIGRANTS In 2010, we launched a magazine in South Africa known as “The Expatriate”. The publication featured the lives of African professional migrants to South Africa and was subsequently renamed “The African Professional or AfricanPro” in 2013. The reason for the use of the word ‘Expatriate’ was deliberate to provoke the perception that it was the preserve of European migrants. On 13 March 2015, an article by Mawuna Remarque Koutonin on this very topic went viral on theguardian. com website republished from Mawuna’s website siliconafrica. com. Visit www.africanpro. co.za/professionals
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