# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bobby-shabangu
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:36:14.041Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bobby-shabangu"
name: "Bobby Shabangu"
slug: "bobby-shabangu"
description: "Bobby Michael Shabangu is a South African Wikimedian, community organiser and activist for linguistic diversity on Wikimedia projects. He served as president of Wikimedia South Africa and has promoted content in South African languages and organising outreach and training events across the region. He is the first African to be elected on the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees since its establishment in 2004."
tagline: "Researcher and Wikimedian"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bobby_Shabangu_crop.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           41.79
  momentum:             11.4
  historical:           4.875882666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/bobbyshabangu/"
    handle:    "bobbyshabangu"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobby-shabangu-76b309216/"
    handle:    "bobby-shabangu-76b309216"
sources:
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Shabangu"
    title: "Bobby Shabangu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Shabangu"
    title: "Bobby Shabangu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Shabangu"
    title: "Bobby Shabangu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Shabangu"
    title: "Bobby Shabangu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ss.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Shabangu"
    title: "Bobby Shabangu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://st.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Shabangu"
    title: "Bobby Shabangu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q67388288"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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