Maloto a Pharaoh relevant, LL fans

Maloto a Pharaoh relevant, LL fans

ALBERT SHARRA

Hundreds of fun lovers who flocked to Capital hotel in Lilongwe last Saturday to watch the third premier of Maloto a Pharaoh a stage play produced by Michael Usi aka Manganya have openly praised the piece saying it is beautiful and relevant to Malawian situations.

Speaking in a Vox pop interview, the fans who most of them are the ones who failed to watch it during the last performance at Crossroads hotel due to space said they came deliberately to witness the relevance with the negative comments that have been made since the first show in Blantyre.

Since its release two months ago, the play has received both negative and positive comments to an extent that the Malawi Censorship board decided to scrutinize the play on the basis that it is political in nature and it is attacking government.

“We have heard a lot and I came here just to prove this, but what I have seen today is different and I wonder why Malawians are always against the truth. Stage plays are one ways of speaking for the poor as is done by some musicians and this is what I have seen in this play,” said one of the patrons Anderson Muyawa.

Another fan Linda Gumbata of area 10 in Lilongwe hailed the play saying despite the political element in it, the play is really portraying the current situation in Malawi and the educative part of it is just beautiful and development oriented if taken serious by our leaders.

The most interesting part that swayed most fans, is the last part in which Manganya the pastor refuses to bless the wedding of Tesha and afana GG because Tesha was a prostitute. The pastor takes advantage of that scene to impart knowledge in stubborn leaders in families, companies or nations who believes in themselves most intelligent and they can solve any problem that can come before them that they should consult others when confronted with troubles.

The pastor brings in a popular Egypt scenario that saw king Pharaoh of Egypt swallowing his pride to ask young Joseph to interpret his dreams for the sake of saving people of Egypt when the country was in hard times.

The play also highlights the difference between wisdom and education in as a far as leadership is concerned.

With some news beats and polishing, the play which features crème de la crème of actors in the names of Seasons of Life Tapiwa Gwaza, Litys Viola, Thoko Suya, Tikuferanji TV play actors Augustine Mauwa, Patricia Malunga and Fides Kumwembe and former Wakhumba Ensemble Theatre duo Gift Namachekecha among others, has moved an inch to advise boys to be clever when in relationship with girls to avoid being double played. It is also exposing the weakness of men who accept to change women at bottle stores.

In an interview, Manganya (Usi) who strongly distanced the play from politics said Malawians should take advantage of the play to build a better Malawi for the future generation by working together, consulting each other and pick others views when faced with problems.

“My dream is to contribute to the development of the country and that’s what the play is all about, it is about oneness and an advise that one head can not solve everything and hence the need for tolerance by our leaders if we are to succeed,” said Manganya pointing out Isaiah chapter 1 verse 18 which reads” come now lets reason together” as the only solutions against any problem.

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