Help Make Film Acting a full time Job, Hicks Yamba prods Government

By Ashton Kelly Bunda

Hicks yamba popularly known as Frank Sitali who  portrays as  a rebellious son to the retired accountant of the Nguzu  plantation in one of Africa’s famous  soap opera film ‘Mpali’  bemoans the altitudes exhibited by some Zambians who take the acting industry lightly as it has the potential of being exported and strengthen  the Zambian currency .

Yamba says film production in Zambia is considered to be a hobby or substitute career which one can be performed as a  pleasure recreation  instead of an important  channel to  tell Zambian rich stories to the rest of the world .

He said some of his colleagues who are involved in the projects they are working- on , they  sneak out of the film set making an excuse that  they have to report to  work  or risk being fired and yet acting is supposed to be a trade or formal employment that one would   earn leaving from  .

“if Zambia want to take art industry as whole to the next level  of creating employment and telling the nation’s  stories and way of living ,our  achievements . and challenges through movies ,so that mother stands out  to be counted  among other countries in the world,”Yamba stressed.

Yamba popularly known as “Frank Sitali” in Mpali  is a full time actor and has played a role in another Zambia film project called ‘Ubuntu ‘ translated ‘ to be human and humane’ which shows on DSTV Zambezi  magic .

The most followed soap opera movie in Africa Mpali depicts the benefits of agriculture a rich man Mr.Nguzu  a proprietor  of  a plantation  in Lusaka ends up marrying 7 wives due to his affluence.