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Aba Amuquandoh (born 1994-1996) is a Canadian actress and comedian, best known for her work on the sketch comedy series ''
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''. She first joined the show in the 2020 season, both as a writer and as a supporting performer in sketches,"For the first time, This Hour Has 22 Minutes will cover the U.S. election in the field"
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, October 1, 2020.
and was promoted to a starring member in the 2021–22 season. From
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,
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, she has previously been associated with
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and with
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's FamCo troupe for children's and family shows. She is also a partner with Coko Galore, PHATT Al,
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, Nkasi Ogbonnah, Ajahnis Charley,
Brandon Ash-Mohammed Brandon Ash-Mohammed is a Canadian stand-up comedian, whose debut comedy album ''Capricornication'' was released in 2020. A Black Canadian of Trinidadian heritage, he is an alumnus of the comedy school at Humber College. He also has some Muslim an ...
and Brandon Hackett in Untitled Black Sketch Project, Canada's first all-
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sketch comedy troupe.Del Cowie
"Canada's first all-Black sketch troupe (unless someone tells them otherwise)"
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, May 5, 2021.
In 2020, Amuquandoh performed on ''
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, July 30, 2020.


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