South Sudanese musician Isaac Anthony Lumori better known by his stage name MC Lumoex looks on as a comedian entertains revellers during the Kilkilu Ana weekly comedy show, which loosely translates to"Tickle Me" in Arabic, at the Nyakuron Cultural Centre in Juba, South Sudan March 7, 2024.first weekly comedy show at the height of a civil war in 2014, his performers’ quips about different ethnic groups were not always well received.
The 25 comedians from the troupe Kilkilu Ana, which roughly translates as “Tickle Me” in Arabic, perform each Thursday at a culture centre in the capital Juba before more than 1 500 cheering fans from diverse ethnicities and walks of life. In one recent sketch, Kuech Deng Atem, a 30-year-old former child soldier, poked fun at the tribalism of a family member who reacted furiously to his daughter’s plans to marry someone from a different ethnic group, only to change his tune after learning it was the son of a wealthy politician.
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