# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/biyi-bandele
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:59:01.496Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/biyi-bandele"
name: "Biyi Bandele"
slug: "biyi-bandele"
description: "Biyi Bandele was a Nigerian novelist, playwright and filmmaker. He was the author of several novels, beginning with The Man Who Came in From the Back of Beyond (1991), as well as writing stage plays, before turning his focus to filmmaking. His directorial debut was in 2013 with Half of a Yellow Sun, based on the 2006 novel of the same name by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie."
tagline: "Nigerian writer (1967–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Biye_Bandele_01.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1967-10-13"
deathDate: "2022-08-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.04
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.628908
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4161077/"
    handle:    "nm4161077"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "بايي بانديلي"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Biyi Bandele"
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    title: "Biyi Bandele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Biyi Bandele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Biyi Bandele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Biyi Bandele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Biyi Bandele"
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    title: "Biyi Bandele"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Biyi Bandele"
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    title: "Biyi Bandele"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump