Bright
Okpocha, popularly known as Basket Mouth got more than what he bargained for recently,
after he posted a joke that had ‘rape’ inclination.
Though
the comedian has deleted the joke and apologised on his twitter page, but the
ripples the joke generated has crossed the borders of Nigeria. (See a snap shot
of the joke below)
One of
the folks who felt slighted by the joke is a Zimbabwean writer/blogger, Barbara
Mhangami. Barbara, who currently resides in the US with her husband and four daughters,
lashes at the comedian in a piece she titled, “Mister Basketmouth, Rape is NOT a
Joke!”
Excerpts,
“Dear Mr. Basketmouth. I write in peace,
because war does not solve anything. Moreover I am desperate to communicate in
a way that will get you to understand the gravity of what you did by sharing a
horrible joke, whose punchline is rape.
