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Mozambique: Comedians Refused Entry on Tourist Visas, Performance Cancelled
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Mondlane's advisor says the reason for the ban is political. Comedy show was cancelled.
The Humorists Gilmário Vemba, Hugo Sousa and Murilo Couto had a show scheduled for this Sunday in Maputo but were held at the airport.
“Welcome to Mozambique”, and other jokes
Good afternoon. “A Brazilian, a Portuguese and an Angolan walk into an airport” sounds like the beginning of a joke, and it may well become one soon, after three such people were turned back at Maputo airport on Sunday, when trying to enter Mozambique. Probably the best-known among them was Gilmário Vemba, the Angolan comedian based in Portugal, whose TV shows are enjoyed in both Portugal and Mozambique. He was accompanied by two other comedians…
Asked how they had been treated at Maputo airport, Gilm rio Vemba replied that the trs were meant to be "human treatment".
Gilm rio Vemba says that n knows if there was reason for the politicism of the ban or the humorists to enter Mo ambique.
Mozambique: Comedians refused entry on tourist visas, performance cancelled
The director-general of the Mozambican National Migration Service (Senami) explained on Monday that the country denied entry to three comedians, including Gilmário Vemba, because they tried to enter on tourist visas while planning to perform a show. “They came to the country, and the criteria for their visit required a different visa. They intended to present a show, a performance.” It is a cultural activity,” said Director-General Zainedine Dan…
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