# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hachalu-hundessa
# Generated: 2026-08-15T16:31:14.043Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hachalu-hundessa"
name: "Hachalu Hundessa"
slug: "hachalu-hundessa"
description: "Hachalu Hundessa was an Ethiopian singer, songwriter, and civil rights activist. Hachalu played a significant role in the 2014–2016 Oromo protests that led to Abiy Ahmed taking charge of the Oromo Democratic Party and Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, and subsequently becoming prime minister of Ethiopia in 2018."
tagline: "Ethiopian Oromo singer (1986–2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hachalu_Hundessa_2019.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1986"
deathDate: "2020-06-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.85
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.63953333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachalu_Hundessa"
    title: "Hachalu Hundessa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachalu_Hundessa"
    title: "Hachalu Hundessa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ሀጫሉሁንዴሳ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هاشالو هونديسا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachalu_Hundessa"
    title: "Hachalu Hundessa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachalu_Hundessa"
    title: "Hachalu Hundessa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachalu_Hundessa"
    title: "Hachalu Hundessa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%A7"
    title: "هاچالی هوندسا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacaaluu_Hundeessaa"
    title: "Hacaaluu Hundeessaa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachalu_Hundessa"
    title: "Hachalu Hundessa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hachalu Hundessa"
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    title: "Hachalu Hundessa"
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  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachalu_Hundessa"
    title: "Hachalu Hundessa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachalu_Hundessa"
    title: "Hachalu Hundessa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%95%98%EC%B0%B0%EB%A3%A8_%ED%9B%88%EB%8D%B0%EC%82%AC"
    title: "하찰루 훈데사"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://om.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haacaaluu_Hundeessaa"
    title: "Haacaaluu Hundeessaa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachalu_Hundessa"
    title: "Hachalu Hundessa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachalu_Hundessa"
    title: "Hachalu Hundessa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%81%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88_%DB%81%D9%86%DA%88%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%A7"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25704167"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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