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Okayafrica Video: The Roots Of...'The Daily Show's' Wyatt Cenac & Jessica Williams

Lenny Kravitz, Grace Jones, Lauryn Hill, Lion Babe, Thundercat, SZA & More Rock The Afropunk Festival 2015 in Brooklyn, NY.

Comedian Wyatt Cenac and The Daily Show correspondent Jessica Williams uncover the origins of their African ancestry in the latest episode of The Roots Of... series from Okayafrica. The pair embarks upon this insightful and sometimes amusing journey with the help of The Wire's Gbenga Akinnagbe, who delivers their respective DNA test results and takes them on a field trip uptown to learn more about the cultures they descend from. Take a look at the footage below for the big reveal and a bunch of laughs on the latest episode of The Roots of... featuring Wyatt Cenac and Jessica Williams with host Gbenga Akinnagbe. Catch Wyatt Cenac at this month's Shouting At The Screen with cohost Donwill of Tanya Morgan. Catch Jessica Williams on The Daily Show and HBO's GIRLS. Stay tuned for more from Okayafrica and OKP TV.