Born a Crime: Trevor Noah charts his rise from South Africa's townships Read moreThe complaint often made about Trevor Noah is that he isn’t political enough. Then when I travelled, I realised, ‘Oh no, I am extremely political.’ It’s just that in my country, the base level is so politicised that we don’t think it is.” The least political South African, he thinks, is probably more political than most policy wonks in this country. “When I first came to the UK to do comedy, there was one reviewer who said: ‘Oh well, clearly apartheid was a hoot, according to Trevor Noah.’ No, no, not at all. So you’re wasting that energy.”Facebook Twitter Pinterest Trevor Noah on election night, November 2016. There was no South African comedian, no African comedian, who was a worldwide name.

Source: The Guardian November 25, 2016 17:15 UTC