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h. His mother, Patricia Nombuyiselo Noah, is Xhosa. As a black woman, she had to dress up as a maid to meet her husband. At the time, interracial relationships were considered a crime. These situations are distressing, to say the least. To cope with the situation, young Trevor Noah turned to comedy. As someone who was constantly pushed and pulled between the black and white communities in South Africa, Noah realized that humor could create a bridge that brought together these disparate worlds he experienced.
The only problem? In his home country, there was no obvious path to becoming Benin WhatsApp Number a comedian. Comedian Trevor Noah performs on stage at Stand Up LIVE! During AWXII Advertising Week 2015, held at Gotham Comedy Club in New York City on September 29, 2015. Photo credit: Andrew Toth/Getty Images for AWXII Over the years, Noah has worked as a DJ, radio host and actor. The only common thread that ties these positions together is that he always manages to inject comedy into them. So when he attended Johannesburg's infamous.
comedy night, it didn't take long before a challenge convinced him to take to the stage and showcase his comedic talents. Luckily, even though Noah has no "professional" comedy training, he kills it and keeps the audience entertained. He just puts his own hilarious spin on various stories from his life. It was an incredibly formative moment for Noah, driving him to take the stage and spread laughter at every opportunity. Trevor Noah: He's about to get his big break After a string of gigs and "typical" non-comedy jobs, Trevor Noah created his first solo comedy show, Daywalker. In 2009, he performed the piece to an audience at a 1,100-seat venue in Johannesburg. The subsequent DVD recording of the show became an .
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