What Makes Africans Laugh?: Reflections of an Entrepreneur in Humour, Media and Culture

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This book is a critique of the African?s attitude towards indigenous craftsmanship, knowledge and culture, especially in the postindependence era. It is woven around the life of the author who has been a campaigner for African self-reliance in the cultural industry ? humour, media and historiography draws many of his examples from Uganda and Kenya . This book brings out the practical experiences of a civil servant, the challenges of a cartoonist in a politically sensitive environment, and the struggles to localise humour to a cynical industry. It narrates the drama in starting a media house ? the New Vision, a book publishing house ? Fountain Publishers, a local-language radio station ? Radio West, and a museum ? Igongo Cultural Centre, all coming amidst lukewarm political support and a sceptical audience.