Sam Ukala is a Nigerian playwright, poet, short story writer, actor, theatre director and academic. He has been Professor of Drama and Theatre Arts at a number of Nigerian universities, including Edo State University and Delta State University. As an academic he is associated with the concept of 'folkism', the idea of using native models for theatre rather than colonial models. He is currently Chairman of the Delta State Chapter of the Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA).

His published plays include The Slave Wife, The Log in Your Eye, Akpakaland (winner of the 1989 ANA/British Council Prize for Drama), and Break a Boil. He also worked with Horse and Bamboo Theatre in 1999 and wrote (with Bob Frith) Harvest of Ghosts, which toured the UK and the Netherlands.

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African Theatre: Playwrights and Politics. Editor: Martin Banham, James Gibbs, Femi Osofisan. The second volume in the annual African Theatre series that focuses on playwrights and politics in Africa. His website is ::www.samukala.com::