.o A kọwara Sam Ukala (1948–2021) dị ka 'ezigbo akara ngosi agụmagụ'. Ọ bụ onye Naijiria na-ede egwuregwu, onye na-ede uri, onye edemede akụkọ dị mkpirikpi, onye na-eme ihe nkiri, onye nduzi ihe nkiri, onye na-emepụta ihe nkiri na agụmakwụkwọ.
Sam Ukala bụ Prọfesọ nke Theatre Arts na Drama na Mahadum Delta State, Abraka, Nigeria. Ukala bụkwa Prọfesọ nke Drama na Theatre Arts na ọtụtụ mahadum Naijiria, gụnyere Mahadum Edo State. N'afọ 1993/94, dị ka onye ọrụ agụmakwụkwọ Commonwealth, ọ chọpụtakwara ma kụzie na School of English Workshop Theatre nke Mahadum Leeds na United Kingdom. [1][2] ka onye agụmakwụkwọ, ọ kwadoro echiche nke 'folkism', omume nke ịtọ ntọala akwụkwọ na akụkọ ihe mere eme na ọdịbendị ụmụ amaala na ide ma mee ha dịka ọmarịcha ọdịdị na arụmọrụ nke akụkọ ọdịnala ndị Afrịka. [3] bụ Onye isi oche nke Delta State Chapter nke Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) 2021.[4]
Ejije nke Ukala ebipụtara gụnyere Nwanyị Ohu, Log in Your Eye, Akpakaland (onye meriri na 1989 ANA/British Council Prize for Drama), Break a Boil and Placenta of Death. Ya Iredi War, a 'folk Ụdị ihe nkiri dabere
Ukala arụwokwa ọrụ na British Horse and Bamboo Theatre na 1998/9 yana Bob Frith dere ihe nkiri anya Harvest of Ghosts, nke gara UK na Netherlands. Nke [5] bụ ihe nnwale maka Ukala, nke dabere na ịgba egwu, egwu, na ihe ngosi dị ike karịa okwu a na-ekwu. Prọfesọ Martin Banham, onye nchịkọta akụkọ nke African Theatre: Playwrights & Politics, weere ya dị ka 'ngwakọta dị ike nke nkà ọdịbendị', na 'ihe dị egwu, nke dị mfe', ihe atụ nke ihe nkiri ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị. [6] chere na egwuregwu ahụ kwesịrị mmepụta n'Africa ma, n'ikpeazụ, Sam Ukala mepụtara otu na Mahadum Edo State dị na Ekpoma.
Ukala zụlitere usoro ihe nkiri nke ọ sụrụ ụzọ n'ihe odide ya dị egwu. Ọ kpọrọ 'folkism' nke a, wee nyochaa echiche a n'ihu n'ọrụ agụmakwụkwọ ya. 'folkism' tolitere site na nkwenye ya ina mkpa nke decolonization na ihe nkiri, na ọchịchọ ịchọpụta ụkpụrụ ọdịnala Africa nke ịma mma na nguzozi dị egwu. Na-ewu nke ya ejije ọ na-adọta na African onu trad R