# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hukwe-zawose
# Generated: 2026-08-15T12:32:27.468Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hukwe-zawose"
name: "Hukwe Zawose"
slug: "hukwe-zawose"
description: "Hukwe Ubi Zawose was a prominent Tanzanian musician. He was a member of the Gogo ethnic group and played the ilimba, a large lamellophone similar to the mbira, as well as several other traditional instruments. He was also a highly regarded singer."
tagline: "Tanzanian traditional African musician (1940-2003)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1940"
deathDate: "2003-12-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.37
  momentum:             7.240900250069462
  historical:           9.675882666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 256
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1625885/"
    handle:    "nm1625885"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/72qMW9mtmhf8rzapeL2Mf7"
    handle:    "72qMW9mtmhf8rzapeL2Mf7"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBySdSd6JRqE_5-fyUxds4g"
    handle:    "HUKWE ZAWOSE - Topic"
    followers: 256
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/454526"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hukwe_Zawose"
    title: "Hukwe Zawose"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hukwe_Zawose"
    title: "Hukwe Zawose"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hukwe_Ubi_Zawose"
    title: "Hukwe Ubi Zawose"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hukwe_Zawose"
    title: "Hukwe Zawose"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hukwe_Zawose"
    title: "Hukwe Zawose"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hukwe_Zawose"
    title: "Hukwe Zawose"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hukwe_Zawose"
    title: "Hukwe Zawose"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%AF%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B6%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A9%E3%82%BB"
    title: "フクウェ・ザウォセ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hukwe_Zawose"
    title: "Hukwe Zawose"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e773ed6a-93e7-45ef-b12a-5881c9a82eb5"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1395031"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2316155"
    title: "Hukwe Zawose"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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