# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-abani
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:26:34.892Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-abani"
name: "Chris Abani"
slug: "chris-abani"
description: "Christopher Abani is a Nigerian American author. He says he is part of a new generation of Nigerian writers working to convey to an English-speaking audience the experience of those born and raised in \"that troubled African nation\"."
tagline: "Nigerian-born American author (born 1966)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chris_Abani_(32683010407).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1966-12-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.01
  momentum:             0.2798232695139912
  historical:           19.55846133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/chrisabani"
    handle:    "chrisabani"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/chrisabani/"
    handle:    "chrisabani"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.chrisabani.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "كريس أباني"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89"
    title: "كريس ابانى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Крис Абани"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Abani"
    title: "Chris Abani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Abani"
    title: "Chris Abani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Abani"
    title: "Chris Abani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Abani"
    title: "Chris Abani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Abani"
    title: "Christopher Abani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D8%A2%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C"
    title: "کریس آبانی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Abani"
    title: "Chris Abani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Abani"
    title: "Chris Abani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%94%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%BD_%D4%B1%D5%A2%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB"
    title: "Քրիս Աբանի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Abani"
    title: "Chris Abani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Abani"
    title: "Chris Abani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Abani"
    title: "Chris Abani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Abani"
    title: "Chris Abani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Abani"
    title: "Chris Abani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Абани, Крис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%90%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8"
    title: "Крис Абани"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Abani"
    title: "Chris Abani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Abani"
    title: "Chris Abani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Chris_Abani"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Chris_Abani"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Chris_Abani"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1076935"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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