# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bongi-makeba
# Generated: 2026-08-31T19:34:41.610Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bongi-makeba"
name: "Bongi Makeba"
slug: "bongi-makeba"
description: "Bongi Makeba was a South African singer-songwriter. She was the only child of singer Miriam Makeba with her first husband, James Kubay."
tagline: "South African musician (1950-1985)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bb/Bongi_Makeba.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1950-12-20"
deathDate: "1985-03-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.33
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.37211066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bongi_Makeba"
    title: "Bongi Makeba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bongi_Makeba"
    title: "Bongi Makeba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bongi_Makeba"
    title: "Bongi Makeba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bongi_Makeba"
    title: "Bongi Makeba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bongi_Makeba"
    title: "Bongi Makeba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bongi_Makeba"
    title: "Bongi Makeba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bongi_Makeba"
    title: "Bongi Makeba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bongi_Makeba"
    title: "Bongi Makeba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bongi_Makeba"
    title: "Bongi Makeba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bongi_Makeba"
    title: "Bongi Makeba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://st.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bongi_Makeba"
    title: "Bongi Makeba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bongi_Makeba"
    title: "Bongi Makeba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bongi_Makeba"
    title: "Bongi Makeba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9019ea01-30a4-4ba2-a17c-edddedc8c865"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q273412"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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