# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/henry-tayali
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:35:07.388Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/henry-tayali"
name: "Henry Tayali"
slug: "henry-tayali"
description: "Henry Nkole Tayali was a multi-lingual Zambian painter, sculptor, printmaker, raconteur and lecturer. He has been described as Zambia's most famous painter."
tagline: "Zambian artist, sculptor, printmaker, and lecturer (1943-1987)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henry_Tayali.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1943-11-22"
deathDate: "1987-07-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.605724
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Tayali"
    title: "Henry Tayali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Tayali"
    title: "Henry Tayali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Tayali"
    title: "Henry Tayali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Tayali"
    title: "Henry Tayali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Tayali"
    title: "Henry Tayali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gpe.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Tayali"
    title: "Henry Tayali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Tayali"
    title: "Henry Tayali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Tayali"
    title: "Henry Tayali"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2885533"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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