Normitsu Onishi in the NYTimes:
Forget crooked politicians, daily blackouts, long lines at gas stations or even the scourge of Boko Haram here in Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation. Despite the litany of social ills and troubles — or maybe because of them — Nigeria has never laughed harder.More here
Comedy here is thriving. Top comics have become, in a few short years, among Nigeria’s most successful entertainers and now perform throughout Africa.
Legislators from southeast Nigeria attended an anticorruption training session this month in Abuja, the capital.Nigeria President Escalates Campaign to Stem CorruptionOCT. 16, 2015 Boko Haram Ranked Ahead of ISIS for Deadliest Terror GroupNOV. 18, 2015 “We robbed our own culture out of ignorance, and anything which comes after that, of course, bears its stamp.” JAN BÖHMERMANNThe Saturday Profile: Comic’s Task: Get Young Germans to Log Off, Tune In and Laugh Out LoudDEC. 4, 2015 Stand-up comedy, which emerged with Nigeria’s return to democratic rule in 1999, has become the country’s third-biggest form of entertainment after movies and music, industry experts say. It now draws countless aspiring comics to thriving comedy scenes in medium-size cities and to the country’s center of laughter here in Lagos.