# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elechi-amadi
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:40:08.476Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elechi-amadi"
name: "Elechi Amadi"
slug: "elechi-amadi"
description: "Elechi Amadi was a Nigerian author and soldier. He was a former member of the Nigerian Armed Forces. He was an author of plays and novels that are generally about African village life, customs, beliefs, and religious practices prior to contact with the Western world. Amadi is best regarded for his 1966 debut novel, The Concubine, which has been called \"an outstanding work of pure fiction\"."
tagline: "Nigerian author (1934-2016)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1934-05-12"
deathDate: "2016-06-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.57
  momentum:             0.5271966527196652
  historical:           11.245288
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.elechiamadi.org/about.php"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%89"
    title: "اليكى امادى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elechi_Amadi"
    title: "Elechi Amadi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elechi_Amadi"
    title: "Elechi Amadi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elechi_Amadi"
    title: "Elechi Amadi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elechi_Amadi"
    title: "Elechi Amadi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elechi_Amadi"
    title: "Elechi Amadi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elechi_Amadi"
    title: "Elechi Amadi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elechi_Amadi"
    title: "Elechi Amadi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elechi_Amadi"
    title: "Elechi Amadi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elechi_Amadi"
    title: "Elechi Amadi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elechi_Amadi"
    title: "Elechi Amadi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elechi_Amadi"
    title: "Elechi Amadi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Elechi_Amadi"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2001410"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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