Sam Loco Efe

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Samuel Arase Efeimwonkiyeke (25 December 1939 – 7 August 2011), better known by his stage name Sam Loco Efe, was a Nigerian actor, film producer and director. Sam Loco Efe was born in Enugu State, eastern Nigeria, and was the son of Arase Efeimwonkiyeke, a warder. His father was of ethnic Edo ancestry and worked in Eastern Nigeria and his mother was a petty trader who sold bean cakes. He spent a considerable part of his childhood in the town of Abakaliki in present-day Ebonyi State, southeastern Nigeria. He lost his father when he was in elementary school. Efe then spent more than the normal years to obtain an elementary education because he had to help his mother in her trade in order to earn income for the family. His first experience with acting was at his school when a theatre group came to stage a play called The Doctor In Spite of Himself, afterwards he discussed with members of the group about the theatre and performance arts. In elementary school, he was a member of various groups including a drama society that performed a rendition of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar at an Eastern regional arts festival in Abakaliki. The play came last in the drama competition, but Efe was noted as the best actor which earned him a scholarship to complete elementary school. After finishing elementary school, he attended various secondary schools and was active in the drama society, organizing a performance of The Doctor in Spite of Himself and a play called Vendetta.