Gina Yashere, CACK-HANDED: A Memoir

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🗓️ 15 August 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Although Gina Yashere's path to comedy wasn't easy, writing her memoir, Cack-Handed, in her own voice allowed her to work through some things she thought she had left behind. Now a legend in the comedy world, with a CBS sitcom that she created and stars in, Gina is reflecting on how she got to where she is. She shares what growing up as the daughter of two Nigerian immigrants in the U.K. was like in the 1980s, why she turned to comedy as a way to mitigate some of the racialized violence she experienced, and how writing this book helped her understand her mother in a brand-new way.

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0:40.1	Gina Yashire is the author of Crackhanded, a memoir. Born and raised in London to Nigerian parents, she previously worked as an
0:46.3	elevator engineer for Otis. Gina has been a stand-up and TV star in the UK for numerous
0:51.8	years now with appearances on iconic TV shows,
0:54.7	such as Live at the Apollo and Mock the Week,
0:56.7	as well as creating and performing the hugely popular comedic characters,
1:00.4	Tanya, and Mrs. Omo Kerede on the Lenny Henry show.
1:04.1	She broke onto the American comedy scene
1:06.2	with her appearances on Last Comic Standing on NBC,
1:09.3	where she made it to the final 10 and then never
1:11.6	went home. Gina went on to be named one of the top 10 rising talents in the Hollywood
1:15.7	reporter. She's also known in the U.S. for being the only British comedian to ever appear on
1:20.5	the iconic deaf comedy jam, as well as for her hilarious appearances on the Tonight Show
1:25.8	and crashing on HBO.
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