Early life
Emo was born on 6 August 1988 in Itang refugee camp, Gambela Region, Ethiopia to Sudanese parents, [2] who having fled the Second Sudanese Civil War which claimed over 2 million lives, [3] settled in a Itang refugee camp in Ethiopia. [4] [5] When he was 3 years old, the Ethiopian Civil War forced his family and thousands of other displaced refugees to walk for weeks until they reached Kakuma Refugee Camp, in northern Kenya. [1] [6]
In 1996, when Emo was 8 years old, the family was sponsored to relocate to Australia where they settled in Girrawheen, Western Australia [3] in the northern suburbs of Perth,. [4] [7]
In the mid 90's while in school, Emo used to love entertaining his friends [8]
Comedy
2018–Present
In 2018 Emo and his childhood friend, Joe White, performed a number of shows titled White vs. Black at the Perth Fringe World Festival. [6] [7] [8] in the same year, he won the Western Australia Raw Comedy finals [4] as the Funniest Amateur Comedian in Western Australia which earned him a ticket to compete at the 2018 Melbourne International Comedy Festival [7] [9] [10]
In January 2019, Emo performed at the Fringe World Festival with his show Not Quite Grown Yet [7] [11]
Emo produced and headlined the show Can We Laugh Again [4] at the Heath Ledger Theatre, Perth, in October 2020.
In April 2021, he performed at the Fad Gallery, Melbourne, in a show titled Black Santa [12] [13]
In 2022, Emo received the golden buzzer [14] [15] to make it to the semi-finals of Australia's Got Talent (season 10) [4] [16] where he later made it to the finals. In August 2022, he performed for the first time at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in the Bistro Square in a show dubbed African Aussie. [4] [5] [17] In October, Emo was a participant in the ABC Radio Comedy Debate [5] [8] and also in the same month, was part of the Perth Comedy Festival Showcase Tour. [18] In November, he hosted the Western Australia Comedy Week – All Stars at Northbridge, Perth. [19] [20] In December he performed a live show at Fitzroy, Melbourne. [21]
In March 2023, Emo performed at the Joondalup Festival at Hilary's Boat Harbour, Perth [22] and at the Perth International Comedy Festival. [23] In April, he shared the stage with Basketmouth and Aliya Kanani at Emperor's Palace, in the Johannesburg International Comedy Festival [24] [25] [26] and later that month he performed at the Comics Lounge, Melbourne. [27] In July, he performed African Aussie at the Toronto Fringe Festival. [28] [29] In August, he was one of the performers in the Comedy Gold Tour in Western Australia [8] [30] [31]
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