# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mandume-ya-ndemufayo
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:43:35.560Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mandume-ya-ndemufayo"
name: "Mandume Ya Ndemufayo"
slug: "mandume-ya-ndemufayo"
description: "Mandume ya Ndemufayo was the last king of the Oukwanyama, a subset of the Ovambo people of southern Angola and northern Namibia. Ya Ndemufayo took over the kingdom in 1911 and his reign lasted until 1917 when he died of either suicide or machine gun fire while he was under attack from South African colonizers. Ya Ndemufayo is honoured as a national hero in both Angola and Namibia."
tagline: "King of Kwanyama"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mandume_ya_Ndemufayo_(before_1916).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1894"
deathDate: "1917-02-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45
  momentum:             5.49618320610687
  historical:           5.490282666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandume_ya_Ndemufayo"
    title: "Mandume ya Ndemufayo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandume_Ya_Ndemufayo"
    title: "Mandume Ya Ndemufayo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandume_yaNdemufayo"
    title: "Mandume yaNdemufayo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandume_ya_Ndemufayo"
    title: "Mandume ya Ndemufayo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandume_ya_Ndemufayo"
    title: "Mandume ya Ndemufayo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandume_ya_Ndemufayo"
    title: "Mandume ya Ndemufayo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6748247"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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