# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-wilberforce-kakoma
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:37:21.116Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-wilberforce-kakoma"
name: "George Wilberforce Kakoma"
slug: "george-wilberforce-kakoma"
description: "George Wilberforce Kakoma was a Ugandan musician who wrote and composed \"Oh Uganda, Land of Beauty\", Uganda's national anthem. Kakoma's composition was first played publicly by the Police Band conducted by Mr. John Moon on October 9, 1962 during Uganda's Independence Day Celebrations. He received a personal token of UGX 2,000 from the Prime Minister Milton Obote for his work."
tagline: "Musician Composer and professor of Music"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1925"
deathDate: "2012-04-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.58
  momentum:             1.842105263157895
  historical:           6.6081
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4bdd63a0-486f-4197-a6cc-95d815b8a4ee"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B3_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7"
    title: "چورچ ويلبيرفورس كاكوما"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wilberforce_Kakoma"
    title: "George Wilberforce Kakoma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wilberforce_Kakoma"
    title: "George Wilberforce Kakoma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wilberforce_Kakoma"
    title: "George Wilberforce Kakoma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wilberforce_Kakoma"
    title: "George Wilberforce Kakoma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wilberforce_Kakoma"
    title: "George Wilberforce Kakoma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lg.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wilberforce_Kakoma"
    title: "George Wilberforce Kakoma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q335479"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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