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Ayo Adenekan Delivers Warm “Homeland Insecurity” at Fringe

8/16/2026

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Ayo Adenekan performed “Homeland Insecurity” at the Edinburgh Fringe after writing jokes for Ncuti Gatwa on Saturday Night Live UK.
He opened with a summer-romance story about his father, quoted his Nigerian diaspora family—“we’re Muslim like Meghan Markle is black”—and said a London-based namesake stole his thunder last year.
Critics praised his fresh perspective and warmth but said the pacing needed tightening and the visual product-placement gag never fully committed.

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Ayo Adenekan performed “Homeland Insecurity” at the Edinburgh Fringe after writing jokes for Ncuti Gatwa on Saturday Night Live UK.
He opened with a summer-romance story about his father, quoted his Nigerian diaspora family—“we’re Muslim like Meghan Markle is black”—and said a London-based namesake stole his thunder last year.
Critics praised his fresh perspective and warmth but said the pacing needed tightening and the visual product-placement gag never fully committed.