Kenyan comedian, Henry Desagu whose real name is Ithagu Kibicho has talked of the chllenge he faced to be what he is. He says that his parents didnt support his comedy fr they wante hi to take white color job; ” My late dad wanted me to be in a good white-collar job in a good office.
When I started majoring in comedy, they were so upset and totally against it. They realised I was doing well and I had started changing their lifestyles. That is when they appreciated what I was doing.
I registered a comedy theatre group that propelled me into the comedy world. Sometimes I failed in the auditions and I was chased because of my body size. Others wanted me to impersonate people which up to now, I can’t.”
He later started acting in theatre shows but realised he was not making any progress, so he decided to come up with his own content and started vlogging; ”My journey in comedy was quite difficult as I tried to penetrate the industry,” he recounts. One of his popular comedy pieces was the Team Mafisi one. When I was creating my brand name, there was the trending topic of Team Mafisi, and I felt the boy child was manipulated.”
The flip side to his career is being perceived to be doing so well in the industry, while not actually thriving financially; ”Everyone, including your friends, knows you have money and they expect you to give them money.”