Ahmed Parker Yerima (born 8 May 1957) is a Nigerian academic, professor playwright and theater director.
He is a professor of Theater and Performing Arts and has been dean of the College of Humanities at Redeemer's University since 2013.
Though Yerima wrote in different genres of literature, most of his works are historical plays.
Prominent among these are: The Trials of Oba Ovonramwen, Attahiru, Ameh Oboni the Great, The Angel, The Twist, Uncle Venyil, The Bishop and the Soul, The Wives, The Mirror Cracks, The Lottery Ticket, Kaffir's Last Game, The Sisters, Mojagbe, Little Drops, Heart of Stone, Yemoja, Orisa Ibeji, Otaelo, and Hard Ground.
[2] His use of proverbs in three of his plays has been described and analysed by Taiwo Oluwaseun Ehineni.