Emmanuella Samuel
The 7-year-old Nigerian comedienne who rose to fame about three years ago after her Youtube skits went viral, landed a role in a Disney Hollywood movie this February. Emmanuella’s popularity has crossed Nigeria’s borders and the continent as she has performed at comedy events in West and East Africa while her Youtube skits and page have gained more than a million views and subscribers respectively. According to local Nigerian news portal The Guardian, she is the first African to have one million subscribers on her YouTube comedy channel.
