# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-ukala
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:47:37.439Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-ukala"
name: "Sam Ukala"
slug: "sam-ukala"
description: "Sam Ukala (1948–2021) was described as a 'great literary icon'. He was a Nigerian playwright, poet, short story writer, actor, theatre director, film producer and academic."
tagline: "Nigerian playwright"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sam_Ukala%2C_1999.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1948-04-18"
deathDate: "2021"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.34
  momentum:             7.499999999999998
  historical:           4.868646666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  228
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_ukala"
    title: "Sam ukala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Ukala"
    title: "Sam Ukala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Ukala"
    title: "Sam Ukala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85_%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "سیم اکالا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Ukala"
    title: "Sam Ukala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Ukala"
    title: "Sam Ukala"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7408268"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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