# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/adewale-laoye
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:47:24.541Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/adewale-laoye"
name: "Adewale Laoye"
slug: "adewale-laoye"
description: "Prince Adewale Laoye, popularly known as is a Nigerian singer, poet, thespian and pioneer of the modern art of African Talking drum. The Guardian newspaper described him as the Modern master of the African talking drum. Laoye is the founder of “Aafin Ilu”, a cultural outfit designed to promote performing Arts and Cultural Events, through the infusing of the knowledge of Talking Drum, to celebrate African culture. He is also one of the progenitors of the late Oba Laoye, Timi of Ede, the drummer King."
tagline: "Nigerian poet"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           29.87
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.867494666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adewale_Laoye"
    title: "Adewale Laoye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adewale_Laoye"
    title: "Adewale Laoye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gpe.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adewale_Laoye"
    title: "Adewale Laoye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Adewale_Laoye"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adewale_Laoye"
    title: "Adewale Laoye"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%92_%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A4%D8%A6%DB%92"
    title: "ادیوالے لاؤئے"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105296825"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump