Tumi Morake (born 22 December 1981) is a South African comedian, actress, TV personality, and writer. In 2018, she became the first African woman to have her own set on

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. She is also known to be the first woman to host

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in Africa.

Early years and education

Morake was born in the Free State. She relocated to Gauteng in the year 2000 and there, she studied Drama at

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Career

After completing her tertiary education at DUT, Morake started working at Arepp Theatre for Life, a touring educational theatre company. In July 2005, she joined the comedy industry. She worked at Parker Leisure Management and is known to perform regular stand-up gigs in Johannesburg and Pretoria. Some comedy festivals she has performed at include; Heavyweights Comedy Jam, Blacks Only, Have a Heart, Just Because Comedy Festival, The Tshwane Comedy Festival, The Lifestyle SA Festival and Old Mutual Comedy Encounters. She has hosted shows including; ''Our Perfect Wedding'', ''Red Cake'' and ''WTFTumi'' (her talk show).

Filmography

Morake has starred in several films and TV shows, including: * ''Skin'' * ''Kota Life Crisis'' * ''Soul Buddyz'' * ''Izoso Connexion'' * ''High Rollers'' * ''Laugh Out Loud'' * ''Rockville'' * ''Soul Buddyz'' * ''The Queen'' * ''The Bantu Hour'' * ''ekasi movies'' * '' Seriously Single'' * ''Tumi or Not Tumi'' (

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Works

* She authored a book titled ''And Then Mama Said''.

Awards and recognitions

* She was named as one of The Free State Province's Icons *2012- Awarded Entertainer of the Year at the 2012 Speakers of Note Award *2013 - She is a recipient of the Mboko Women in the Arts Award for Excellence in Comedy 2013 *2016 - She won the Best Comedian Category of the ''YOU'' Spectacular Awards * She won awarded the Savanna Comic Choice Awards as the Comic of the Year

Personal life

She is married to Mpho Osei Tutu, a fellow South African actor and is a mother of three children.

References

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