# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/semei-kakungulu
# Generated: 2026-08-15T12:36:42.048Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/semei-kakungulu"
name: "Semei Kakungulu"
slug: "semei-kakungulu"
description: "Semei Kakungulu was a Mukooki General and a Ugandan statesman who founded the Abayudaya community in Uganda in 1917. He studied and meditated on the Tanakh, adopted the observance of all Moses' commandments, including circumcision, and suggested this observance for all his followers. The Abayudaya have converted to Judaism, mostly through the Reform and Conservative movements, while some have undergone Orthodox conversion. The Abayudaya do not claim ancient Israelite ancestry."
tagline: "Ugandan chief"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Through_Uganda_to_Mount_Elgon_(1909)_(14777447052).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1869"
deathDate: "1928-11-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.22
  momentum:             4.333333333333332
  historical:           5.482038666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%99_%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%95"
    title: "סמיי קאקונגולו"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semei_Kakungulu"
    title: "Semei Kakungulu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semei_Kakungulu"
    title: "Semei Kakungulu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semei_Kakungulu"
    title: "Semei Kakungulu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semei_Kakungulu"
    title: "Semei Kakungulu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semei_Kakungulu"
    title: "Semei Kakungulu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q338125"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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