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Comedy Show’, Heavyweight Comedy Jam, the Vodacom Campus Comedy Tour, the Cape Town International Comedy Festival, the Jozi Comedy Festival, and Bafunny Bafunny (2010). His stand-up comedy specials include ‘The Daywalker’ (2009), and ‘Crazy Normal’ (2011), both of which have been released on DVD. His latest offering is entitled ‘It’s My Culture’ and in it he talks about his stint in Zambia as he has been here twice in 2013 for his outrageously funny Comedy Shows. Funny enough but true, he mentions that Zambia is a developing country comparing it to great South Africa but the funny part of that statement is that Zambia only has 5 Escalators and the first Escalator came in Zambia in 2008. In his daringly funny swipe at Zambia, he mentions that people go to the high class malls in Lusaka just to ride on the Escalator, some even taking photos of game-show). In 2009 he hosted the the Escalator with their high tech 3rd Annual South Africa Film and 3G smart phones…(is this true Television Awards (SAFTA Awards) Zambian’s?). and co-hosted alongside Eugene Khoza on ‘The Axe Sweet Life’ On 6 January 2012 Noah became (reality competition series) at the the first South African stand15th annual South African Music up comedian to appear on The Awards. In 2010 Noah hosted the Tonight Show with Jay Lenor and 16th annual South African Music appeared on 17 May 2013 on The Awards and also hosted ‘Tonight David Letterman Show. Noah with Trevor Noah’ on MNet (in the was the subject of the 2012 docusecond season it moved to DStv’s mentary ‘You Laugh But It’s True’. Mzansi Magic Channel). The same year he starred in the one-man Comedy Show ‘That’s Noah dropped his radio show and Racist’. In 2013 Noah starred in acting to focus on comedy, and has BBC Radio 4 show ‘Trevor Noah: performed with South African coThe Racist’. In 2013 he performed medians such as Riaad Moosa, Darthe comedy special ‘Trevor Noah: ren Simpson, Marc Lottering, Barry African American’. On 11 October Hilton and Nik Rabinowitz, inter2013 he was a guest on BBC Two’s national comedians such as Paul Comedy Panel Show QI. On 29 Rodriguez, Carl Barron and Paul November 2013 he was a panelist Zerdin, and as the opening act for on Channel 4 Game Show 8 out of Gabriel Iglesias in November 2007 10 cats. and Canadian comedian Russell Peters on his South African tour. Noah has performed all around South Africa in ‘The Blacks Only
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Background Trevor Noah was born to a (white) Swiss father and (black) South African mother.His mixed-race heritage, his experiences growing up in a Soweto township, and his observations about race and ethnicity are leading themes in his comedy. Career Noah had a small role on the South African soap opera, ‘Isidingo: The Need’ in 2002, when he was 18. He then began hosting his own radio show Noah’s Ark on Gauteng’s leading youth radio station, YFM. Noah then went on to host an educational program ‘Run The Adventure’ from 2004 - 2006 on SABC2. In 2007 he hosted ‘The Real Goboza’, a gossip show on SABC1, and ‘Siyadlala’ a SABC’s sports show. In 2008 Noah co-hosted alongside Pabi Moloi on ‘The Amazing Date’ (dating 26