Basket Mouth Adds A Dose Of Humour To Reality
Monday, September 07, 2015
Basketmouth
The comic was headlining the Gaborone International Music Culture (GIMC) week where he shared the stage with a number of local stand-up comedians such as Nigma, Rekunde, Mawee and Dignash, who was the host.
Without introducing himself he walked on to the stage and said, “I hear that you guys have no water and this situation has been going on for six months,” he laughed for a moment and continued, “Do you know that in Nigeria there has been no water ever since I was born; so you guys are lucky,” he said as the audience broke into fits of laughter.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...