Adam Mamawala

Adam Mamawala (born May 18, 1987, Aurora, Illinois) is an American stand-up comic. He makes use of accents and laughs at his own name as means of diffusing and parodying stereotypes of South Asians.

Biography
Mamawala was born in Aurora, Illinois, to an Indian Muslim father from Pune and a German-American mother from Whitewater, Wisconsin. His father studied in Morocco where he met his mother. His father was an insurance agent for MetLife and MassMutual while his mother was a special education teachers' aide. He graduated in 2005 from Hillsborough High School in Hillsborough Township, New Jersey, where he was part of the choir; he graduated from The College of New Jersey in Ewing Township, New Jersey, with a degree in Communication Studies in 2009.

Mamawala was featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education. His signature comedy routine is "about a GPS system that (speaks) in different accents"

Mamawala was a finalist in Catch a Rising Star's Comedy Challenge in November 2006, which allowed him an opportunity to perform in Atlantic City in December 2006. From there, he won the 2007 New Jersey Comedy Festival, where he was crowned "New Jersey King of Campus Comedy." Adam performed frequently on campus during his time at The College of New Jersey, and in 2009 he hosted the New Jersey Comedy Festival. He also performed with Kel Mitchell at a charity show in June 2008, and in November 2009 he opened for Nigel Lawrence at Boston University's BU Central.

He has performed throughout different comedy clubs, including Caroline's, Comix, New York, Broadway, Gotham Comedy Clubs, and The Stress Factory.