Badja Djola
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Badja Djola was an American character actor known for his intense and memorable supporting roles in films and television from the 1970s through the 1990s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Badja Djola canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6271362 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Badja Djola Context triple: [A Rage in Harlem, hasCastMember, Badja Djola]
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A.
Langoué Baï
Langoué Baï is a renowned forest clearing in Gabon celebrated for its rich biodiversity and frequent gatherings of forest elephants and other wildlife.
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B.
Amidou
Amidou is a character associated with sorcery and the mystical arts, often depicted in connection with a powerful sorcerer.
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C.
Moussa
Moussa is the protagonist of the work "Child of Fortune," around whom the story’s central events and character development revolve.
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D.
Djiba
Djiba is a locality in the Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, known as the birthplace of militia leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo.
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E.
Ngola
Ngola is an alternative name for the Angolar people, a community of African descent primarily associated with São Tomé and Príncipe.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Badja Djola Target entity description: Badja Djola was an American character actor known for his intense and memorable supporting roles in films and television from the 1970s through the 1990s.
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A.
Langoué Baï
Langoué Baï is a renowned forest clearing in Gabon celebrated for its rich biodiversity and frequent gatherings of forest elephants and other wildlife.
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B.
Amidou
Amidou is a character associated with sorcery and the mystical arts, often depicted in connection with a powerful sorcerer.
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C.
Moussa
Moussa is the protagonist of the work "Child of Fortune," around whom the story’s central events and character development revolve.
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D.
Djiba
Djiba is a locality in the Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, known as the birthplace of militia leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo.
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E.
Ngola
Ngola is an alternative name for the Angolar people, a community of African descent primarily associated with São Tomé and Príncipe.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
ⓘ
film actor ⓘ human ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeIn |
film
ⓘ
television ⓘ |
| appearedIn |
A Rage in Harlem
ⓘ
ER ⓘ Law & Order ⓘ Mississippi Burning ⓘ NYPD Blue ⓘ Penitentiary ⓘ Penitentiary II ⓘ
linked to:
Penitentiary
The Color Purple (television film) ⓘ The Last Boy Scout ⓘ The Main Event ⓘ The Serpent and the Rainbow ⓘ The X-Files ⓘ |
| birthName | Badja Medu Djola ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | heart attack ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1948-04-09 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2005-01-08 ⓘ |
| ethnicity |
African-American
ⓘ
linked to:
Black Americans
|
| gender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor |
character acting
ⓘ
intense supporting roles ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| name | Badja Djola ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableEra |
1970s
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1980s ⓘ 1990s ⓘ |
| occupation | actor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Los Angeles, California, United States ⓘ |
| residence |
Los Angeles, California, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Los Angeles
|
| yearsActive | 1970s–2000s ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Badja Djola Description of subject: Badja Djola was an American character actor known for his intense and memorable supporting roles in films and television from the 1970s through the 1990s.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.