Siphakeme .Mnindwa
Tsenulo Moyo
When he was a class clown at Gifford high school, Bulawayo, many dismissed Brian Moyo as one who won’t have a future academically and even in other prospects in life.
Despite being dismissed as a loser, his jokes would cause the entire class to be punished as fellow students made noise – laughing at the heavy punchline jokes created by him.
A few years later, Moyo who now trades as “Bharrah” has created a name for himself, becoming one of the funny social media content creators from Bulawayo.
The Gwabalanda bred jester has proven beyond reasonable doubt that he is a talented lad who has managed to follow his comic dream and become a household name on social media.
Bharrah posts comedy skits on social media platforms such as TikTok where he commands 23000 followers, YouTube and on Facebook. He said he creates comedy for everyone, providing therapeutic jokes to all ages.
“As a school kid, I was known as the class clown, so my love for making people laugh started back there. There was a time I took a gap year and I would spend most of my time on TikTok. I came across many content creators and admired their work. After that, I then decided to create my own skits. My comedy has no specific target group as it is made for everyone, people of all ages love my content. It makes me happy when people come and tell me that my comedy skits are healing,” said Bharrah.
On crafting his content, he said the comic ideas come to him naturally and he eventually produces skits, which usually tackle current issues that are affecting the society.
In a world where content is monetised, Bharrah said he has made a few cents from his comedy skits, managing to advertise for Harris Entertainment at their end of year Shutdown party in December. He said the highest amount that he has been paid for his comedy skits is US$100.
As a young content creator, Bharrah is having his fair share of challenges in the comedy industry. He has faced criticism about his work from some people who knew him before he started comedy, who are from his suburb and those he learnt with as they express hate over his content saying his jokes are boring and he is wasting time. Besides comedy, Bharrah said he is looking forward to venturing into music.
“Looking into the future, I plan to venture into music and become a comedy musician because I have stage fright and I can’t do comedy in front of many people,” he said.
Bharrah draws his influence from South African content creator, Junior Mazibuko.
Online Reporter