The Nigerian man making Africans laugh

8 August 2016

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By BBC Trending

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A Nigerian man based in the US has become a comedy sensation on social media because of his videos about African family life.

Dami Olatunde, better known as Aphrican Ape, has more than 300,000 followers on Instagram. The former accountant quit his "boring and annoying" day job to pursue comedy. Now he's making people around the world laugh with his take on African culture.

Journalist: Anne-Marie Tomchak.

Video Editing: Daniel Gordon

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