# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/koleka-putuma
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:40:00.917Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/koleka-putuma"
name: "Koleka Putuma"
slug: "koleka-putuma"
description: "Koleka Putuma is a South African queer poet and theatre-maker. She was nominated one of Okay Africa's most influential women in 2019."
tagline: "South African queer poet and theatre-maker"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Koleka_Putuma%2C_P1080548.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1993-03-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.64
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.673614666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/kolekaputuma/"
    handle:    "kolekaputuma"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Koleka_Putuma"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koleka_Putuma"
    title: "Koleka Putuma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koleka_Putuma"
    title: "Koleka Putuma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koleka_Putuma"
    title: "Koleka Putuma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koleka_Putuma"
    title: "Koleka Putuma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koleka_Putuma"
    title: "Koleka Putuma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koleka_Putuma"
    title: "Koleka Putuma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koleka_Putuma"
    title: "Koleka Putuma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koleka_Putuma"
    title: "Koleka Putuma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koleka_Putuma"
    title: "Koleka Putuma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koleka_Putuma"
    title: "Koleka Putuma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koleka_Putuma"
    title: "Koleka Putuma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q54975390"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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