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Daliso Chaponda
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Daliso Chaponda helps organisations bring wit and warmth to difficult conversations, drawing on his work as a BBC Radio 4 host, stand-up comedian, and published author, and his run as a Britain's Got Talent finalist.
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Daliso Chaponda is a Malawian-British stand-up comedian and BBC Radio 4 host known for turning sharp observation on identity and belonging into widely shared comedy.
He created and hosts the BBC Radio 4 show Citizen of Nowhere, reached the finals of Britain's Got Talent in 2017 with performances viewed more than 300 million times online, has appeared on QI, Have I Got News For You, and Celebrity Mastermind, which he won in January 2025, and joined Helen Lederer on BBC Two's Pilgrimage: The Road Through the Alps.
Daliso's comedy draws on his own experience moving between Malawi, South Africa, Canada, and the UK, using that outsider's eye to turn questions of identity, migration, and belonging into material that lands with any audience. His touring show, Topical Storm, brings that same instinct to current events, finding the humour in stories most people are still arguing about.
Audiences leave with a sharper sense of how humour can hold complex questions of identity and belonging without softening them, fresh material drawn from someone who has genuinely lived between cultures, and proof that topical comedy can be sharp without ever being unkind.
Book Daliso Chaponda for comedy that turns identity, migration, and current events into material every audience can laugh with.
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Email daliso.chaponda@getapeptalk.com or call PepTalk on +44 20 3835 2929 (UK) or +1 737 888 5112 (US), and one of our speaker agents will contact you within hours to confirm Daliso's availability and fees. If you can, please include your budget upfront – it helps us fast-track your request. It’s also helpful to know the date, format (virtual or in-person), location, and a bit about your audience.
Daliso Chaponda builds his stand-up sets around autobiographical material drawn from his experience living across Malawi, South Africa, Canada, and the UK, using that cross-cultural perspective to frame observations on identity, migration, and belonging. His touring show Topical Storm applies the same approach to current events, constructing material around stories that remain publicly contested rather than settled.
Daliso Chaponda performs stand-up comedy and after-dinner and awards-style hosting, with material centred on identity, migration, and topical current events, suited to corporate and public audiences. He reached the final of Britain's Got Talent in 2017, with those performances accumulating over 300 million online views, and won Celebrity Mastermind in January 2025.
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