Nollywood iron-lady Patience Ozokwor, popularly known as Mama G, is billed to feature in a local Malawian film titled “The Return. The film is written and directed by Rising Choreos and Theatre Company in Malawi.
Ozokwor who arrived that country last Monday is expected to tour all the three major cities of Lilongwe, Blantyre and Mzuzu to perform live on stage.
According to the company’s Director, Joyce Chavula, the play centres mainly on love, orphanhood and child trafficking,which are true storieshappening in the society.
In her words, “these are the issues which our society cannot deny, they are there in us and wewant to showcase them to the public on how they affect us, both the positive and negative side.”
Ozokwor, she disclosed will be cast as a wicked woman in the play who mistreats orphans and traffic children for economic gains. She added that the company has taken advantage ofOzokwor’s trademark of being a wicked woman in most of the films she has acted to feature herin their play.
Commenting on the movie, Ozokwor said as an artist she is ready to take any role in the playeither wicked or not because shesends a message to the public.
She added that her coming to Malawi complements her program of sourcing out potentials from African countriesto join Nollywood. Ozokwor is the second Nollywood star to come to Malawi after Desmond Elliot.
Source: Vanguard
