# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ellen-kuzwayo
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:38:39.334Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ellen-kuzwayo"
name: "Ellen Kuzwayo"
slug: "ellen-kuzwayo"
description: "Nnoseng Ellen Kate Kuzwayo was a South African women's rights activist and politician, who was a teacher from 1938 to 1952. She was president of the African National Congress Youth League in the 1960s. In 1994, she was elected to the first post-apartheid South African Parliament. Her autobiography, Call Me Woman (1985), won the CNA Literary Award."
tagline: "Women's rights activist and politician in South Africa."
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ellen_Kuzwayo_of_South_Africa.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1914-06-29"
deathDate: "2006-04-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.98
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.681534666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Ellen Kuzwayo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Kuzwayo"
    title: "Ellen Kuzwayo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%88"
    title: "الين كوزوايو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Kuzwayo"
    title: "Ellen Kuzwayo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Kuzwayo"
    title: "Ellen Kuzwayo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Kuzwayo"
    title: "Ellen Kuzwayo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Kuzwayo"
    title: "Ellen Kuzwayo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Kuzwayo"
    title: "Ellen Kuzwayo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Kuzwayo"
    title: "Ellen Kuzwayo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Kuzwayo"
    title: "Ellen Kuzwayo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Kuzwayo"
    title: "Ellen Kuzwayo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Kuzwayo"
    title: "Ellen Kuzwayo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3671997"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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