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Why they are here
The KSM Show put political satire on Ghanaian television and kept it there, in a country where that has not always been comfortable.
Kwaku Sintim-Misa trained in theatre in New York and worked there for years before returning to Ghana, and brought back a form the country's television did not have: the interview as satire, and the stand-up monologue aimed at people in office.
The KSM Show ran for years on Ghanaian television, putting ministers and public figures in a chair opposite a host who would not let a non-answer pass and would make a joke of it in front of the audience. In a media culture where deference to power was the default and state broadcasting had spent decades being careful, that was a genuine departure — and he kept it going under successive governments, which is the harder part.
He has also worked as a playwright, actor, director and MC, and his stage characters are widely quoted. Ghanaian satire since — on television, radio and online — traces to the space he opened.
The KSM Show ran for years on Ghanaian television, putting ministers and public figures in a chair opposite a host who would not let a non-answer pass and would make a joke of it in front of the audience. In a media culture where deference to power was the default and state broadcasting had spent decades being careful, that was a genuine departure — and he kept it going under successive governments, which is the harder part.
He has also worked as a playwright, actor, director and MC, and his stage characters are widely quoted. Ghanaian satire since — on television, radio and online — traces to the space he opened.
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