# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bernard-kabanda-sslongo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:20:34.532Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bernard-kabanda-sslongo"
name: "Bernard Kabanda Sslongo"
slug: "bernard-kabanda-sslongo"
description: "Bernard Kabanda Sslongo was an Ugandan guitarist. He had just realised fame in the world music circuit through his appearances at WOMAD in the US and the UK in 1999 before he died of AIDS less than two months after his performance at Womad's Reading festival, aged only 40."
tagline: "Ugandan musician and guitarist"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d3/Olugendo.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1959"
deathDate: "1999-09-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.79
  momentum:             1.666666666666667
  historical:           6.602556
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4e47bf04-f452-4a42-be06-e4dab776e7f2"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Kabanda"
    title: "Bernard Kabanda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7"
    title: "برنارد کاباندا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Kabanda"
    title: "Bernard Kabanda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%90%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80"
    title: "バーナード・カバンダ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Kabanda_Ssaalongo"
    title: "Bernard Kabanda Ssaalongo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Kabanda"
    title: "Bernard Kabanda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%88_%DA%A9%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%88%D8%A7"
    title: "برنارڈ کبانڈا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4893307"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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