Comedy as a Weapon of Resistance

Nelson Mandela kept a picture of Pieter- Dirk Uys alias Evita Bezuidenhout in his office and called him “my hero” on National Television.

During my stay in South Africa, Trevor Noah was a gateway—an invitation to explore a world of artists and writers in search of expressive freedom. His free yet honest voice made me want to discover others. And they weren’t that hard to find. One weekend, during a road trip along the Western Cape, my friend Juan and I stopped in the small town of Darling…