UEFA Executive, others join Northern Region Movie Makers for candle parade in honor of late NORMMAL President

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson

Executive Members of the Union of Eastern Film Agency-(UEFA), Actors, Actresses and movie Directors from various districts in Sierra Leone on Thursday evening converged in the Northern city of Makeni, enjoined scores of movie makers in the Northern Region for a candle parade in honor the former President of the Northern Region Movie Makers Agency-(NORMMAL) late Elijah Musa Deen. 

Between the hours of 20:00 to 21:00 hours, the candle parade started at the Saint Francis Secondary School gate along the Azzolini-Magburaka highway and film makers paraded the some main streets in Makeni such as the Lunsar, Mabanta, Dr. Vincent Kanu and Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma Road enroute to the late man’s Grace Land resident where they joined family members, church members from the Winners Chapel and other sympathizers for a night vigil. 

Film makers interviewed said they have also staged earlier parades in other parts of the country for two other departed movie makers namely: Idrissa Kpange and Martha Macaulay. 

Nicknamed the “Film Prophet” the late Elija Musa Deen was a down to heart character, movie Actor and Director as well as a teacher at the Saint Francis Senior Secondary School in Makeni. 

Until his death on February 25th, 2022 after a long illness, he was the President of the Northern Region Movie Makers Agency-(NORMMAL), a member of the Northern All Stars-(NAS) and multiple awards winner. 

He died at the age 35 and was finally buried in Makeni on Friday, March 18, 2022 in Makeni.