{{Short description|Malawian musician and comedian}} {{Infobox person | name = | image = Christina Malaya, aka Jetu 1 sept 2024 (sq cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 1952 | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | other_names = | known_for = | education = | employer = | occupation = | title = | salary = | networth = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Christina Malaya''' (born 1951 or 1952) is a Malawian musician and comedian.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nzangaya |first=Archangel |date=2023-09-24 |title="Zeze ndili naye pulani" - Jetu achenjeza Cash Madam |url=https://malawi24.com/2023/09/24/zeze-ndili-naye-pulani-jetu-achenjeza-cash-madam/ |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=Malawi 24 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Itai |first=Brian |date=2023-10-06 |title=Meeting Jetu, the comedy lady |url=https://mwnation.com/meeting-jetu-the-comedy-lady/ |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=The Nation Online |language=en-US}}</ref> She is better known by the name '''Jetu''', in reference to boxing legend King Kong King Marshal Jetu. Her brother gave her the nickname as a child, because she often fought her classmates.<ref name=":0" /> Jetu sued COSOMA for not supporting her music.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bongololo |first=Ben |date=2024-01-17 |title=Inu azibambo a COSOMA mukundisala bwanji? Wafunsa Jetu Malawi 24 {{!}} Latest News from Malawi |url=https://malawi24.com/2024/01/17/inu-azibambo-a-cosoma-mukundisala-bwanji-wafunsa-jetu/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Malawi 24 |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Career == Jetu became interested in drama and comedy at a young age. After her husband died in 2019, her interest in doing comedy was reinvigorated.<ref name=":0" /> She has also since become a musician. Jetu posts videos to TikTok and YouTube.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jetu - Malawi-Music.com |url=https://www.malawi-music.com/J/4495-jetu |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=Malawi-Music.com - Nyimbo Zachimalawi |language=en}}</ref>
== Personal life == Following her husband's death in 2019, Jetu moved to from Mchinji to Blantyre to live with her grandchildren.<ref name=":0" />
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