# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zulu-sofola
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:13:31.743Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zulu-sofola"
name: "Zulu Sofola"
slug: "zulu-sofola"
description: "Nwazuluwa Onuekwuke \"Zulu\" Sofola was the first published female Nigerian playwright and dramatist. Sofola was also a university teacher and became the first female Professor of Theater Arts in Africa."
tagline: "Nigerian writer, First Female professor of Theatre Arts (1935-1995)"
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gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "NG"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1935-06-22"
deathDate: "1995-09-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump