Renowned actor, radio and television personality Hope Chisanu, who died recently in United States of America (USA), is expected to be laid to rest at Ngodya Farm at Kamphata in Lilongwe.
Chairperson for the special committee that was set up to run a number of activities including raising funds, Shemu Joyah, who is a veteran filmmaker, confirmed the development on Monday.
He however, could not say the exact date of the burial.
“We will communicate in due course on the date of the burial but there will also be a service in USA,” Joyah, who featured Chisanu in all of his films including The Last Fishing Boat, said.
The sendoff service to Malawi in USA will be held on June 29.
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Meanwhile, the special committee will screen Joyah’s film The Last Fishing Boat on June 23 in Lilongwe and Blantyre in a fundraising event.
The screenings will be held at Madsoc Theatre in Lilongwe and Amaryllis Hotel in Blantyre.
The poster of the film screening has also indicated other film highlights of Is the President Dead? by Isaac Misoya and Seasons of A Life by Joyah and Mwakisulu’s All We Have is Us in which Chisanu starred in.
The media indicated recently that the family is appealing for funding to repatriate the remains of Chisanu and that it was looking for K42 million.
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Apart from working with Joyah, Chisanu starred in other films including Chawezi Chaz Munthali’s Misnomer.
The former Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) employee, who also used to host events as master of ceremonies, also acted in MBC’s Theatre of the Air, Story Workshop’s Zimachitika, Tilitonse and Mbali Yanga and soap opera Mama’s Restaurant, Pakachere’s After the Honeymoon and Tinkanena.
