# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edward-makuka-nkoloso
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:46:59.949Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edward-makuka-nkoloso"
name: "Edward Makuka Nkoloso"
slug: "edward-makuka-nkoloso"
description: "Edward Festus Mukuka Nkoloso was a member of the Zambian resistance movement and the founder of the Zambia National Academy of Science, Space Research and Philosophy. He was especially famous for attempting a space programme and its \"Afronauts\" have been the subject of subsequent art works and documentaries."
tagline: "Zambian freedom fighter and scientist"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1919"
deathDate: "1989-03-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.65
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.07452
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Едвард Макука Нколосо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Makuka_Nkoloso"
    title: "Edward Makuka Nkoloso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Mukuka_Nkoloso"
    title: "Edward Mukuka Nkoloso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Makuka_Nkoloso"
    title: "Edward Makuka Nkoloso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Makuka_Nkoloso"
    title: "Edward Makuka Nkoloso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%85%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%88%DA%A9%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%86%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88"
    title: "ادوارد ماکوکا ان‌کولوسو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambian_avaruusohjelma"
    title: "Sambian avaruusohjelma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Makuka_Nkoloso"
    title: "Edward Makuka Nkoloso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%93%D7%95%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%93_%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%94_%D7%A0%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%95"
    title: "אדוארד מקוקה נקולוסו"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B7%D5%A4%D5%BE%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A4_%D5%84%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AF%D5%A1_%D5%86%D5%AF%D5%B8%D5%AC%D5%B8%D5%BD%D5%B8"
    title: "Էդվարդ Մակուկա Նկոլոսո"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Makuka_Nkoloso"
    title: "Edward Makuka Nkoloso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Makuka_Nkoloso"
    title: "Edward Makuka Nkoloso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BE%2C_%D0%AD%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%B0"
    title: "Нколосо, Эдвард Макука"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Makuka_Nkoloso"
    title: "Edward Makuka Nkoloso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5344307"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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