Kenya’s comedy scene has shifted from structured television gatekeeping to fast-moving social media platforms where virality now defines success Previously dominant platforms like Churchill Show ...

He is the only local comedian with a street named after him Nairobi. The Kipanga Athumani Road in Eastleigh was named after the Father of Kenyan comedy. For long before stand up became a one-way ...

Kenya Barris award-winning writer, producer, director (Photo Credit: Bernard Fairclough at AB Photos) “Black-ish” creator Kenya Barris will serve as the Ambassador to the inaugural American Black Film ...

Makuochi Echebiri is a News Writer for Collider. He has been interested in creative writing from as far back as high school, and he would consume pretty much anything that’s film or TV. However, his ...

"The comedy scene here is quite different with most of the jokes in Swahili and it’s about tribes, stereotypes." Elsa Majimbo, a 19-year-old South Africa-based Kenyan comic, has impressed many with ...

EXCLUSIVE: Black-ish creator Kenya Barris is returning to broadcast television with a multi-camera comedy at CBS starring Mike Epps, which is executive produced by Aaron Kaplan of Kapital ...

Since the premiere of ABC’s hit sitcom black-ish in 2014, Kenya Barris has quickly risen up the ranks of Hollywood stardom. The writer, director and producer has been at the forefront of Black ...

From Kenya Barris, the Emmy-nominated creator of black-ish, comes the new comedy series #blackAF. Loosely inspired by Barris' irreverent, highly flawed, unbelievably honest approach to parenting, ...