# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shaaban-robert
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:06:07.168Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shaaban-robert"
name: "Shaaban Robert"
slug: "shaaban-robert"
description: "Shaaban bin Robert, also known as Shaaban Robert, was a Tanzanian poet, author, and essayist who supported the preservation of Tanzanian verse traditions. Robert is celebrated as one of the greatest Tanzanian Swahili thinkers, intellectuals and writers in East Africa and has been called \"poet laureate of Swahili\" and is also known as the \"Father of Swahili.\" He is also honoured as the national poet."
tagline: "Tanzanian writer (1909–1962)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1c/Shaaban_bin_Robert.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1909-01-01"
deathDate: "1962-06-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.5
  momentum:             0.04608294930875576
  historical:           12.28236266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Роберт Шаабан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA"
    title: "شعبان روبرت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA"
    title: "شعبان روبرت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaaban_Robert"
    title: "Shaaban Robert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaaban_Bin_Robert"
    title: "Shaaban Bin Robert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaaban_bin_Robert"
    title: "Shaaban bin Robert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaaban_Robert"
    title: "Shaaban Robert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaaban_Robert"
    title: "Shaaban Robert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaaban_Bin_Robert"
    title: "Shaaban Bin Robert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaaban_bin_Robert"
    title: "Shaaban bin Robert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%83%A4%EB%B0%98_%EB%A1%9C%EB%B2%84%ED%8A%B8"
    title: "샤반 로버트"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaaban_Bin_Robert"
    title: "Shaaban Bin Robert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82"
    title: "Шаабан Роберт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaaban_Robert"
    title: "Shaaban Robert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaaban_Robert"
    title: "Shaaban Robert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45236"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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