Comedian Michael Sengazi on taboos and the unifying power of comedy • FRANCE 24 English

After getting a law degree, Michael Sengazi began to dabble in theatre and ultimately decided to ditch his future career as a lawyer to become a stand-up comedian. While his parents were initially a bit upset about seeing their law school investment used to tell jokes, he eventually won them over - along with all of Burundi. As the fifth child in a family of seven kids, with a Burundian father and Rwandan mother, family is one of Sengazi's favoUrite subjects. He also tackles taboo topics like sex, though he says there are some subjects he refuses to joke about. While in Paris to perform as part of the Africapitales festival, he joined us for Perspective.
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[@MoiseMfitumukiza-h3n]

Didn't even know that the guy speaks english till today. We all are proud of you homeboy!❤❤

[@billgrahammunezero9791]

Proud of you SENGAZI 🇧🇮
Visit Burundi 🇧🇮

[@Youngreefa]

Bro is fluent in English, French, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi and maybe swahili.
🙌🙌🙌

[@ph6560]

So the headline of the video and in the segment itself said something about this comedian _"standing up to taboos"._ *However.* It ironically turns out he *DOES* have taboos he doesn't joke about. During the interview the guy makes a tangent where he reflects on some colleagues that *do* joke about sensitive topics, upon which he concludes that it's these comedians "life and choices" to do so. - This was a surreal and mindboggling interview when regarding the video headline.

[@benjaminbihanire9606]

we here for uu🇧🇮🇧🇮🇧🇮

[@guggygakiza6758]

Mika 🙌

[@niyomukizafernand2204]

Proud of you big brother...

[@delicemizero7406]

🇧🇮🇧🇮🇧🇮🇧🇮🇧🇮🇧🇮🇧🇮🇧🇮🇧🇮🇧🇮

[@JamalBryant-g9b]

burundi oyeeeeeeeeee

[@kimmichwayne6818]

Keep flagging our culture out of the boundaries

[@aim-g]

Shout out to your English Michael. Meeeen I didn't know you were that fluent in English