# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/uwem-akpan
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:58:58.364Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/uwem-akpan"
name: "Uwem Akpan"
slug: "uwem-akpan"
description: "Uwem Akpan is a Nigerian fiction writer whose works include fiction, short fiction, and public lectures. He is widely recognized as the author of Say You're One of Them (2008), a collection of five stories published by Little, Brown & Company. His debut book achieved international success."
tagline: "Nigerian Jesuit priest and writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Uwem_Akpan_Univ_of_San_Francisco.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1971-05-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.27
  momentum:             1.375661375661376
  historical:           6.80774
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.uwemakpan.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Uwem_Akpan"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uwem_Akpan"
    title: "Uwem Akpan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uwem_Akpan"
    title: "Uwem Akpan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uwem_Akpan"
    title: "Uwem Akpan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uwem_Akpan"
    title: "Uwem Akpan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uwem_Akpan"
    title: "Uwem Akpan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uwem_Akpan"
    title: "Uwem Akpan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uwem_Akpan"
    title: "Uwem Akpan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2504934"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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