Ziwerekoru "Ziwe" Fumudoh is an American comedian and writer known for her satirical commentary on politics, race relations, and young adulthood.
13 Facts About Ziwe Fumudoh
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In 2010, Ziwe Fumudoh graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts.
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Ziwe Fumudoh was a summer intern at Comedy Central during her junior year of college, working on shows including The Daily Show and The Colbert Report.
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In 2017, Fumudoh created Baited with Ziwe, a show on YouTube that originally featured some of her non-Black friends whom she baited into making unwitting racial faux pas.
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Ziwe Fumudoh said she was not trying to get anyone canceled but that her show's goals were to facilitate good discussions about race while entertaining people and to critique the system, not individuals.
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Ziwe Fumudoh has appeared frequently in Pop Show, a live show she created at Brooklyn's Union Hall in which she performs original pop songs.
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Ziwe Fumudoh has written for and contributed features and video to The Onion since December 2013.
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In 2018, Ziwe Fumudoh co-hosted Hysteria, a podcast from Crooked Media.
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In 2019, Ziwe Fumudoh joined the cast of Our Cartoon President as the voice of Kamala Harris.
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From 2018 to 2020, Ziwe Fumudoh was a writer on the TV show Desus and Mero.
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In October 2020, it was announced that Fumudoh would be working with Showtime on a new variety show, Ziwe.
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In 2021, Ziwe Fumudoh wrote for the television series Dickinson and appeared in two episodes as Sojourner Truth.
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Ziwe Fumudoh has written for publications including The Riveter Magazine; Reductress; The Daily Dot; Into The Gloss, where she wrote a column called "Operation Goo Goo Gah Gah"; Vulture, where she wrote TV recaps; and The New Yorker.