If It Ain’t Funny,
Then It Ain’t Serious

Kwaku Sintim-Misa
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
5:30–7 p.m.
Richard E. Beaupre Center for Chemical & Forensic Sciences, Room 100

Kwaku Sintim-Misa, a Ghanaian satirist/comedian, political commentator, TV host, and writer, will discuss humor and satire as powerful modes of persuasive discourse on difficult issues. Using his distinctive style of lecture interwoven with dramatic performance, KSM—as he is popularly known in Ghana—illustrates how humor, comedy, and satire can influence public opinion to spark social change.

 

The event is co-hosted by Office of the Provost and the Harrington School of Communication and Media.
If you need a reasonable accommodation, please call 401.874.4359 at least five business days in advance. For TTY assistance, please call the R.I. Relay Service at 711.

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[themify_box color=”light-blue”]KSM obtained his B.A. from Trinity College, in Hartford, Connecticut, and enrolled for his M.F.A. at New York University. He describes himself as “an ordinary man with extra-ordinary passion.” At the age of 19, he performed his first professional one-man play “Mellow Madness,” where he thrilled audiences in Ghana with a two-hour full-length performance playing seven different characters on stage. KSM rose to preeminence in the arts with two decades of sold out live shows, compelling movie and television productions, and the longest running number one talk show in Ghana. He confronts issues such as elitism, religion, social mores and political correctness that reinforce political corruption, and a partisan press that has long ceased to be independent.[/themify_box]