CHIK ALJOY – JHB
Chik Aljoy is fast becoming a name to reckon with in the comedy industry across Africa. Born Aljoy Anesu Chikowo, Chik is a 23 year old born in Zimbabwe and raised in South Africa. He is Africa’s first black ventriloquist and the Season 7 SA’s got talent semi- finalist and Dj Fresh’s Golden Buzzer winner.
Chik started doing comedy in 2013 when he was encouraged into doing it by Pule Skhothane and Nina Hastie after loving his stage presence and comical timing in a stage play called “The Donkey Child”. With his acting background Chik Aljoy quickly fell in love with Stand up Comedy but it was not until 2016 when Chik Aljoy started invested more into his craft and taking it as a career.
Since then Chik Aljoy has performed in Zimbabwe, Botswana, Swaziland and in all the South African provinces not to mention he headlined 3 shows in three cities during the international Comedy Festival in Botswana.
In 2018 Chik Aljoy was nominated for the Next Level Award at the S.A Savanna Comics Choice Awards.
In South Africa Chik Aljoy has performed for audiences as big as 8 thousand and has shared stages with almost every comedian.
Chik has been featured in different television programs and radio stations such as 1 Gospel, Mzansi Magic, Mzansi Insider SABC 1, Etv, Yotv, Yfm, Vow fm, Botswana fm etc.
Chik Aljoy describes himself as the FUN in dysFUNctional and says the world is still to hear more from him and his puppets as he believes his journey is just starting.