# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dudu-pukwana
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:35:38.169Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dudu-pukwana"
name: "Dudu Pukwana"
slug: "dudu-pukwana"
description: "Mthutuzeli Dudu Pukwana was a South African saxophonist and composer."
tagline: "South African musician (1938–1990)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7e/Dudu_Pukwana.jpg"
gender: "male"
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: "1938-07-18"
deathDate: "1990-06-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.76
  momentum:             2.928571428571428
  historical:           8.147157333333332
  currentAttention:     8.333333333333332
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/374059"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%88_%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7"
    title: "دودو پوكوانا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudu_Pukwana"
    title: "Dudu Pukwana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudu_Pukwana"
    title: "Dudu Pukwana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudu_Pukwana"
    title: "Dudu Pukwana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudu_Pukwana"
    title: "Dudu Pukwana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%89%E3%82%A5%E3%83%89%E3%82%A5%E3%83%BB%E3%83%97%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AF%E3%83%8A"
    title: "ドゥドゥ・プクワナ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudu_Pukwana"
    title: "Dudu Pukwana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudu_Pukwana"
    title: "Dudu Pukwana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/71cb2a81-76bf-4147-a084-f33ab74a6938"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1263803"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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