# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/makhosazana-xaba
# Generated: 2026-08-15T13:23:43.474Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/makhosazana-xaba"
name: "Makhosazana Xaba"
slug: "makhosazana-xaba"
description: "Makhosazana Xaba is a South African poet and short-story writer. She trained as a nurse and has worked a women's health specialist in NGOs, as well as writing on gender and health. She is Associate Professor of Practice in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Johannesburg."
tagline: "South African poet (born 1957)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1957"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           37.59
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.069330666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makhosazana_Xaba"
    title: "Makhosazana Xaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makhosazana_Xaba"
    title: "Makhosazana Xaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makhosazana_Xaba"
    title: "Makhosazana Xaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Makhosazana_Xaba"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://tn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makhosazana_Xaba"
    title: "Makhosazana Xaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makhosazana_Xaba"
    title: "Makhosazana Xaba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6739424"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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