# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/oliver-mtukudzi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:05:28.817Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/oliver-mtukudzi"
name: "Oliver Mtukudzi"
slug: "oliver-mtukudzi"
description: "Oliver \"Tuku\" Mtukudzi was a Zimbabwean musician, businessman, philanthropist, human rights activist and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Southern Africa Region."
tagline: "Zimbabwean musician (1952–2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Oliver_Mtukudzi.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1952-09-22"
deathDate: "2019-01-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.77916666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/tukuofficial"
    handle:    "tukuofficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0616186/"
    handle:    "nm0616186"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "0HC2dfJHpORLT21AxEiTXJ"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.tukutribute.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "اوليڤير متوكودزى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Oliver 'Tuku' Mtukudzi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Mtukudzi"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Mtukudzi"
    title: "Oliver Mtukudzi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Oliver Mtukudzi"
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    title: "Oliver Mtukudzi"
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    title: "Oliver Mtukudzi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Mtukudzi"
    title: "Oliver Mtukudzi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "올리버 음투쿠지"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Mtukudzi"
    title: "Oliver Mtukudzi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ny.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Mtukudzi"
    title: "Oliver Mtukudzi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Mtukudzi"
    title: "Oliver Mtukudzi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Mtukudzi"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Мтукудзи, Оливер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Mtukudzi"
    title: "Oliver Mtukudzi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Mtukudzi"
    title: "Oliver Mtukudzi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Mtukudzi"
    title: "Oliver Mtukudzi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Mtukudzi"
    title: "Oliver Mtukudzi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B1_%D9%85%D8%AA%D9%88%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%B2%DB%8C"
    title: "اولیور متوکودزی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/566fb0fe-cf3a-48d1-a4ea-e9e6aaf7236e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q983221"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1381883"
    title: "Oliver 'Tuku' Mtukudzi"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump