Usman Baba Pategi (20 May 1942 – 12 November 2023), also known as Samanja Mazan Fama, was a Nigerian actor.
Mostly he was known as Samanja Maza Fama, meaning Sergeant-Major (SerMajor) due to the experience he got in his army career.
[7] Pategi is one among the notable Nigerian actors known as (Samanja) and Chika Apala known as (Zebrudaya) mostly in the film industries and were guests of honour at the dinner of art theatre in the National Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners (NANTAP).
He mostly appears as a police or soldier in their common practice and dramatized 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 to control and commands of the order ranks and stated that acting gives him more joy and happiness that's why he 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.