# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barbara-masekela
# Generated: 2026-09-02T05:12:20.545Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barbara-masekela"
name: "Barbara Masekela"
slug: "barbara-masekela"
description: "Barbara Mosima Joyce Masekela OLS is a South African poet, educator, and activist who has held positions of arts leadership within the African National Congress (ANC). Nelson Mandela appointed her the first new South African Ambassador to France and UNESCO in 1995."
tagline: "South African poet, educator, and activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barbara_Masekela_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1941-07-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.829808
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Masekela"
    title: "Barbara Masekela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Masekela"
    title: "Barbara Masekela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "باربرا موسيما جويس ماسيكيلا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Masekela"
    title: "Barbara Masekela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Masekela"
    title: "Barbara Masekela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Masekela"
    title: "Barbara Masekela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Masekela"
    title: "Barbara Masekela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://st.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Masekela"
    title: "Barbara Masekela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Masekela"
    title: "Barbara Masekela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Masekela"
    title: "Barbara Masekela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://xh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Masekela"
    title: "Barbara Masekela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28861576"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump