UK-based comedian Eddie Kadi who has Congolese roots has opened up about how he is coping with the coronavirus pandemic.
He has had a string of engagements cancelled including Afronation.
He told This Is Africa:Quote Message: My friends and family were panicking because they’re not used to me being around.
My friends and family were panicking because they’re not used to me being around.Quote Message: I started hallucinating. I got to the stage where I’m like this is not going to stop me, I’m going to travel. So I started travelling to my kitchen.
I started hallucinating. I got to the stage where I’m like this is not going to stop me, I’m going to travel. So I started travelling to my kitchen.Quote Message: My kitchen became Lagos, my living room became Nairobi, my bathroom was Ouagadougou. Sometimes I’ll do transit in the hallway and that’ll be Addis Ababa.”
My kitchen became Lagos, my living room became Nairobi, my bathroom was Ouagadougou. Sometimes I’ll do transit in the hallway and that’ll be Addis Ababa.”
Seriously though, Eddie immediately grasped how important it was to keep people smiling in spite of the coronavirus.Quote Message: So many people don’t even have information about this pandemic.
So many people don’t even have information about this pandemic.Quote Message: So I teamed up with a few people I admire, with the African Union as well, and the World Health Organization and we set up this thing called Get In For Africa.”
So I teamed up with a few people I admire, with the African Union as well, and the World Health Organization and we set up this thing called Get In For Africa.”
The idea was to put together influencers from comedy, music, sport and the media to discuss the pandemic, encourage and express solidarity, as well as raise funds.
A spin off of this is Eddie Kadi’s Comedy Hour. He and comedians from other parts of Africa discuss the pandemic, but also issues like xenophobia and the Black Lives Matter movement.Quote Message: I found myself using comedy not just as a form of art to make people laugh but also as a way of attracting people to have these important conversations.”
I found myself using comedy not just as a form of art to make people laugh but also as a way of attracting people to have these important conversations.”You can find out what music Eddie Kadi is listening to on This Is Africa on the BBC World Service,
