# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jab-adu
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:54:28.316Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jab-adu"
name: "Jab Adu"
slug: "jab-adu"
description: "Jab Adu, born Joseph Abiodun Babajide, was an actor and producer from Nigeria. He directed the 1977 Nigerian film Bisi, Daughter of the River, the highest grossing film in Nigeria for several decades. He was among the pioneers of Nigerian filmmaking."
tagline: "Nigerian actor and producer"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1932"
deathDate: "2016"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.47
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.870050666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0012526/"
    handle:    "nm0012526"
sources:
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jab_Adu"
    title: "Jab Adu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jab_Adu"
    title: "Jab Adu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jab_Adu"
    title: "Jab Adu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jab_Adu"
    title: "Jab Adu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jab_Adu"
    title: "Jab Adu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jab_Adu"
    title: "Jab Adu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kai.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jab_Adu"
    title: "Jab Adu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jab_Adu"
    title: "Jab Adu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q106683248"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2853523"
    title: "Jab Adu"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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