Usman Baba Pategi

Usman Baba Pategi, known mostly as Samanja Mazan Fama (born 20 May, 1942) is a retired Nigerian Army. Together with Yusuf Ladan, Mamman Ladan and Idi Jibril an NTA staff introduced the Hausa comedy known now as Kannywood, Northern Nigerian films or Hausa films in 80s to the Northern audience.[1][2][3][4]

Usman Baba Pategi
Born
Usman Baba

(1942-05-20) May 20, 1942
Pategi Northern Nigeria
Other namesSamanja, Maza fama
CitizenshipNigeria
OccupationRetired Army
Actor
Broadcaster
Years active1985
Known forIntroducing Hausa comedy-films in Nigeria (known as Samanja)
Spouse(s)2 out three wifes
Children20
Parent(s)
  • Etsu Pategi Umaru Patako (father)
RelativesLate Etsu Pategi Umaru Chatta(brother) (d. 2017)
present Etsu Pategi Umar Bologi II (niece)

Biography

Pategi was born into the royal house of Pategi Emirate in Pategi, Northern Nigeria. He is the son of Etsu Usman Patako late King of Pategi. He started his early education in Pategi primary school and then went to Ilorin Middle School. Then later on he went to Kaduna to live with his uncle Alhaji Audu Bida which he became his assistance at home. He also worked with public works department in the mechanical store, before joining Northern Broadcasting Corporation, (NBC) in Kaduna.[5]

He joined the Nigeria Army in 60s where an Army captain during the Nigerian civil war came looking for youth in Northern Nigeria to volunteer, he left the Broadcasting cooperation to join the army and trained at the Signal Training School, Apapa, he served under General Sani Abacha and General Sani Sami. Later he retired in 1985 and went on for acting career drama at the FRCN Kaduna which he also direct and writes movies, mostly he was known as Samanja Maza Fama, the word meaning Sergeant-Major (SerMajor) due to the experience he got in his army career.[6][7]

In 2010, he was in India for a surgery of a heart illness which later N1.5 million was given by the Chairman Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, which it was reported by the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN).[8]

Pategi is one among the notable Nigerian actor known as (Samanja) and Chika Apala known as (Zebrudaya) mostly in the movies industries and where guest honours at the dinner of art theatre in the National Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners (NANTAP).[9][10]

The acting career

Pategi who was born into the royalty house of an emirate, was also the heir to the Etsu Pategi Emirate, but pursued his dreaming career; acting after reported being the main candidate for his father and great grandfather throne as Etsu Pategi, a Nupe town in now Kwara state his father was the Etsu Usman Patako, the king of Pategi and also his grand father was a king which later his father succeeded him after death, he scarified and declined to be Etsu Pategi (King of Pategi) because of the career he aim to be, he left the throne for his little brother Etsu Umaru Chatta who died in 2017 and was succeeded by Umaru Bologi. He mostly appears as a police or soldier in their common practice and dramatize moves in the movie industry, when asked he said due to the experience he got in as army, I decided to use the way they react, moves and commands that's where the name (Samanja) came on, the way Sergeant and Major due control and commands the order ranks and stated that acting gives him more joy and happiness that's why retired and returned to his acting career. He mostly performed in the Army Day Celebration, even the one as General Ibrahim Babangida in Lagos and Aso Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja and that of Maryam Abacha.[11]

The popular actor, writer and director starred in the populous Hausa film known as:[12]

  • Samanja
  • Yusuf's Ladan's
  • Zaman Duniya Iyawa Ne

Pategi got popularity on the movie Samanja in the likes of mixing Hausa/English and pidgin English they way Nigeria soldiers usually speaks.

Baba Pategi has three wife and 20 children. He lost one among his wife Hajiya Maryam Baba at her age 46.[13]

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References
  1. Editor, Online (2018-08-01). "How to Develop Kwara". THISDAYLIVE. Retrieved 2020-03-15.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  2. "pategi - Synonyms of pategi | Antonyms of pategi | Definition of pategi | Example of pategi | Word Synonyms API | Word Similarity API". wordsimilarity.com. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  3. Ali, Bilkisu Yusif (2019-04-11). "Samanja Mazan Fama: Gwarzonmu Na Mako". Leadership Hausa Newspapers (in Hausa). Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  4. Askira, Aliyu (2018-04-28). "Kannywood pioneers have nothing to show for it –Mohammed Sani Gwarzo Tumbuleke". Blueprint. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  5. Muhammad, Ibraheem Hamza (2014-07-27). "Why I declined to be Etsu Pategi, by Usman Baba Pategi alias Samanja". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  6. Jiya, Aisha Mohammed (2016). "Nigeria: I Get Story Ideas From My Dreams - Samanja". Allafrica. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  7. "PressReader.com - Your favorite newspapers and magazines". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  8. Husseni, Shuabu (2011). "Help from Dangote for Samanja". Nigerian Voice. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  9. "NANTAP inducts Zebrudaya, Oga Bello, Samanja as fellows". Latest Nigeria News, Nigerian Newspapers, Politics. 2017-10-03. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  10. "Usman Baba Pategi: A fitting NANTAP fellowship for the legendary 'Samanja'". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2017-09-23. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  11. "Samanja Prince fought civil war Nigerians laugh". The Nigeria Entertainment Network.
  12. Kannyhood (2016). "Usman Baba Pategi, Samanja". Hausa film industry- Kannyhood. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  13. Ahmadu-Suka, Maryam; Kaduna (2019-03-23). "TV icon, 'Samanja' loses wife". Daily Trust. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
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