# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/papa-noel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:04:32.210Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/papa-noel"
name: "Papa Noël"
slug: "papa-noel"
description: "Antoine Nedule Monswet, known professionally as Papa Noël Nedule or simply Papa Noël, was a Congolese rumba guitarist, singer-songwriter, and bandleader. A seminal figure in Congolese and African popular music, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest Congolese solo guitarists. Associated with the \"African Jazz School\" of Congolese rumba, alongside figures such as Emmanuel Antoine Tshilumba wa Baloji and Nico Kasanda, Papa Noël helped shape the early rhythmic and stylistic foundations of the genre. His guitar style, described by cultural historian Richard M. Shain as evoking \"a rippling sound reminiscent of the Congolese thumb piano likembe\", contributed to shaping the sound of modern Congolese rumba."
tagline: "Congolese singer and musician"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1940-12-29"
deathDate: "2024-11-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.15
  momentum:             25
  historical:           5.760729333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12507784/"
    handle:    "nm12507784"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/531302"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_No%C3%ABl_Nedule"
    title: "Papa Noël Nedule"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_No%C3%ABl"
    title: "Papa Noël"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_No%C3%ABl_(chanteur)"
    title: "Papa Noël (chanteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Noel_Nedule"
    title: "Papa Noel Nedule"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Noel_Nedule"
    title: "Papa Noel Nedule"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fe405d43-66c5-45b6-ad31-704a07ad189c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3362731"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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