Sam Loko Efe
Sam Loco Efeeimwonkiyeke ɗan wasan kwaikwayo ne, furodusa kuma mai bada umarnin shirin fina-finai ta masanaántar Nollywood a Najeriya. An haifeshi a garin Enugu 25 ga Disembar shekara 1945, kuma ya rasu a ranar 7 ga Ogustar shekara ta 2011).

Tarihin Rayuwa 
Sam Loco Efe ɗan Arase Efeimwonkiyeke wanda ke sanaár gadi. Mahaifinnasa dan asalin kasar Benin ne kuma ya yi aiki a Gabashin Najeriya kuma mahaifiyarsa yar kasuwa ce mai sayar da kosai. Ya yi wani kaso mai yawa na yarinta a garin Abakaliki da ke cikin Jihar Ebonyi a yau. Ya rasa mahaifinsa lokacin yana makarantar firamare; Bayan haka Efe ya shafe fiye da shekarun da aka saba yi don samun karatun firamare domin ya taimaki mahaifiyarsa a sana’arta domin samun kudin shiga ga iyali. Kwarewarsa ta farko game da wasan kwaikwayo ita ce a makarantarsa ​​lokacin da ƙungiyar wasan kwaikwayo ta zo ta shirya wani wasan kwaikwayo mai suna The Doctor In Spite of himself, bayan haka ya tattauna da 'yan ƙungiyar wasan kwaikwayo matuqa akan harkar sanaár wasan kwaikwayo.

Karatunsa 
A makarantar firamare, ya kasance memba na kungiyoyi daban-daban ciki har da kungiyar wasan kwaikwayo da ta yi reshen Shakespeare's Julius Caesar a wani bikin fasaha na yankin Gabas a Abakaliki. Sam Loco shine yazo na karshe a gasar wasan kwaikwayo amma an lura da Efe a matsayin mafi kyawun jrumin wanda da yayi bajinta matuqa, wanda daga bisani hakan ya ba shi damar samun daukan nauyin kammala karatun firamare kyauta. Bayan kammala makarantar firamare, ya halarci makarantun sakandare daban-daban kuma ya kasance mai himma a cikin al'ummar wasan kwaikwayo, yana shirya wasan kwaikwayo na Doctor in Spite of himself da kuma wasan kwaikwayo mai suna Vendetta. Bayan makarantar sakandare, ya kasance memba na ƙungiyar wasan kwaikwayo na balaguro kuma ya buga ƙwallon ƙafa yana samun moniker locomotive daga baya an rage shi azaman loco.

Gwa-gwarmayarsa 
A lokacin yakin basasa, Efe ya yi yaki a bangaren Biafra har ya koma Benin a shekarar 1968. Yayin da yake kasar Benin, ya kafa kungiyar wasan kwaikwayo ta Ovonranwen tare da samar da ayyukansu na farko na Ogierhiakhi na Obaiwape. Duk da haka, abin da ya samu daga yin wasan kwaikwayo ba shi da yawa, bayan haka, ya tafi Legas don neman mafi kyawun damar aiki da kuma gano sana'ar kwallon kafa. Ya sami aikinsa na farko a 1972 yana aiki da Michelin Tyres. Ya nemi mukamin ne ba tare da sanin yadda ake tuki ba wanda ya kasance mai matuaqar bukatan aikin. Ya koyi yadda ake tuƙi kwana ɗaya kafin hirar. A yayin hirar ya ci jarrabawar ta baka kuma ya ci jarrabawar tuki amma gaskiya game da kuskurensa na yanke hukunci ya ci nasara a kan mai tambayoyin. Ya yi aiki da Michelin yana sayar da taya a Legas, Ijebu Ode da Abeokuta. Ba da daɗewa ba ya bar Michelin don yin aiki ga Dunlop Tires a matsayin Babban Wakilin Talla a Sashen Taya da Ƙungiyoyi. Yayin da yake aiki da Dunlop a Benin, ya kasance mamba a jerin shirye-shiryen talabijin na NTA Benin, Hotel de Jordan kuma ya yi rawar gani a cikin fassarar Ola Rotimi na The Gods are Not to Blame. A cikin 1977. Ya bar tallace-tallace don aiki a gidan wasan kwaikwayo, yayinda Ya karanta kuma ya sami jagorar sashin Langbodo, wasan kwaikwayo na Dapo Adelugba da aka gabatarwa a lokacin Festac. Bayan kammala Festac, Adelugba ya gabatar da shi ga wani abokinsa a Jami'ar Ibadan game da damar da za a yi a wasan kwaikwayo. Abokin Adelugba ya sami damar samun Efe a matsayin babban mai fasaha a cibiyar.

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