iPhone snaps from the weekly at the Kilkilu Comedy Show at the Nyakuron Cultural Center in Juba, the capital of South Sudan.
To forget that the war in neighbouring Sudan is pushing the South Sudanese economy over the edge, hundreds of young South Sudanese watch the performers here “as a form of therapy”. Meanwhile, inflation in Juba is surging.
Read our reportage, with pictures by Guy Peterson, on the website of de Volkskrant. This story was nominated for a Dutch Golden Freelancer Award. Find out more about the award and nomination here.