# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/solomon-linda
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:16:35.780Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/solomon-linda"
name: "Solomon Linda"
slug: "solomon-linda"
description: "Solomon Popoli Linda, also known as Solomon Ntsele, was a South African musician, singer, and performer. He composed \"Mbube\", a defining South African song that revamped the isicathamiya genre and spawned a distinct genre of choral music. \"Mbube\" would evolve into \"The Lion Sleeps Tonight\" when it was reimagined by the Tokens in 1961."
tagline: "South African musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Solomon-linda.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1909"
deathDate: "1962-09-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.76
  momentum:             0.8333333333333334
  historical:           17.21873066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  245
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1683617/"
    handle:    "nm1683617"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Solomon Linda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Solomon Linda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Solomon Linda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Solomon Linda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "סולומון לינדה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Solomon Linda"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Linda"
    title: "Solomon Linda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%86%94%EB%A1%9C%EB%AA%AC_%EB%A6%B0%EB%8B%A4"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Solomon Linda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Linda"
    title: "Solomon Linda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Linda"
    title: "Solomon Linda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Linda"
    title: "Solomon Linda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Solomon Linda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Solomon Linda"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3950777"
    title: "Linda Solomon"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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