# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dumisani-maraire
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:21:05.079Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dumisani-maraire"
name: "Dumisani Maraire"
slug: "dumisani-maraire"
description: "Abraham Dumisani Maraire, known to friends as \"Dumi\", was a Zimbabwean musician. He was a master performer of the mbira, a traditional instrument of the Shona people of Zimbabwe. He specialized in the form of mbira called nyunga nyunga, as well as the Zimbabwean marimba. He introduced Zimbabwean music to North America, initiating a flourishing of Zimbabwean music in the Pacific Northwest that continues into the 21st century."
tagline: "Zimbabwean musician, master of mbira (1943–1999)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1943-08-24"
deathDate: "1999-11-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.97
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.943701333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/918569"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumisani_Maraire"
    title: "Dumisani Maraire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumisani_Maraire"
    title: "Dumisani Maraire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumisani_Maraire"
    title: "Dumisani Maraire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumisani_Maraire"
    title: "Dumisani Maraire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumisani_Maraire"
    title: "Dumisani Maraire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9a4d5b32-a34a-4aec-b781-865b4fb56026"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1264998"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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