# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/raj-patel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:21:25.170Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/raj-patel"
name: "Raj Patel"
slug: "raj-patel"
description: "Rajeev \"Raj\" Patel is a British academic, journalist, activist and writer who has lived and worked in Zimbabwe, South Africa, and the United States for extended periods. He has been referred to as \"the rock star of social justice writing.\""
tagline: "British academic (born 1972)"
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birthDate: "1972-12-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump