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Ndogo, Samuel:
"Tell Your Neighbor Life is Very Tricky" : Performing the City in Swahili Comedy Shows in Nairobi.
In: Fendler, Ute ; Kohl, Marie-Anne ; Ndi Shang, Gilbert ; Odhiambo, Christopher Joseph ; Vierke, Clarissa
(Hrsg.):
Of Worlds and Artworks : A Relational View on Artistic Practices from Africa and the Diaspora. -
Leiden
: Brill
,
2024
. - S. 155-172
ISBN 978-90-04-68974-9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004689756_010
Abstract
The entertainment and creative industries in Kenya have experienced remarkable growth, especially since the turn of the second millennium. Attesting to this trend is the emergence and rising popularity of comedy shows in the country. To illustrate this development, this paper offers a close inspection of performances by MCA Tricky, a comedian who appears on Churchill Show, broadcasted on Nation Television (NTV) and whose recorded videos are available on YouTube. Focusing on various aspects of humor, the multi-layered nuances of these performances are examined. Based on everyday life experiences, the Kenyan audience watching these shows easily identifies with the jokes of MCA Tricky, who satirizes the actions of various characters in the urban space of Nairobi, including the street boys, whom his persona exemplifies. Following Bakhtin’s notion of “carnivalesque,” the comic performances of MCA Tricky can be considered as subversions of dominant narratives and power in the Kenyan political landscape. This paper examines, “MCA Tricky Writes a Letter to the President,” where Tricky addresses a letter to the president with the aim of applying for employment. From this episode, MCA Tricky helps to promote a democratic mindset among the citizenry, since the underprivileged can be seen to be subverting hegemonic discourses. Clearly, this exemplifies that comedy serves the dual function of entertainment as well as sociopolitical critique.
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| Publikationsform: | Aufsatz in einem Buch |
|---|---|
| Begutachteter Beitrag: | Ja |
| Institutionen der Universität: | Research Networks > African Studies Forschungseinrichtungen > Sonderforschungsbereiche, Forschergruppen > EXC 2052 - Africa Multiple: Afrikastudien neu gestalten |
| Titel an der UBT entstanden: | Nein |
| Themengebiete aus DDC: | 700 Künste und Unterhaltung |
| Eingestellt am: | 11 Nov 2026 13:05 |
| Letzte Änderung: | 11 Nov 2026 13:05 |
| URI: | https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/99782 |