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Enebeli Elebuwa

Nigerian actor (1947-2012)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 27, 2026
Entity authorityQ17540287 ↗
Source-derived summary

Enebeli Elebuwa (1946–2012) was a Nigerian actor.

Early life

Elebuwa was born in Delta State. He was of Ukwuani origin from the Isumpe quarters of Utagba-Uno in Ndokwa-West Local Government Area.

Death

Elebuwa suffered a stroke and was flown abroad for medical treatment. He died at the age of 66 in a hospital in India on 5 December 2012 and was buried at Vaults & Gardens, Ajah, Lagos, formerly Victoria Court Cemetery.

Filmography

Royal War (2009) as Chief Okalibe

Bent Arrows (2010) as Mr.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Enebeli Elebuwa” is nigerian actor (1947-2012). The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Enebeli, Elebuwa and Nigerian, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1946, 2012, 2009, 2010—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1947. For this dossier, Enebeli, Elebuwa and Nigerian is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “nigerian actor (1947-2012)” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 27, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q17540287. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1946, 2012, 2009 and 2010.

Critical limits

A concise life account rarely captures disputed attribution, private networks or the changing language used to describe a career. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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This entry incorporates text from “Enebeli Elebuwa” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.