# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stella-chiweshe
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:21:57.360Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/stella-chiweshe"
name: "Stella Chiweshe"
slug: "stella-chiweshe"
description: "Stella Chiweshe was a Zimbabwean musician. She was known internationally for her singing and playing of the mbira dzavadzimu, a traditional instrument of the Shona people of Zimbabwe. She was one of few female players, and learned to play from 1966 to 1969, when other women did not."
tagline: "Zimbabwean musician (1946–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/StellaChiweshe2012.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1946-07-08"
deathDate: "2023-01-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.54
  momentum:             1.267605633802817
  historical:           11.214544
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1515643/"
    handle:    "nm1515643"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2RHRy13i2XKC0RHGWgxZjk"
    handle:    "2RHRy13i2XKC0RHGWgxZjk"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.stellachiweshe.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/426408"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Chiweshe"
    title: "Stella Chiweshe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Chiweshe"
    title: "Stella Chiweshe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Chiweshe"
    title: "Stella Chiweshe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Chiweshe"
    title: "Stella Chiweshe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Chiweshe"
    title: "Stella Chiweshe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Chiweshe"
    title: "Stella Chiweshe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Chiweshe"
    title: "Stella Chiweshe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Chiweshe"
    title: "Stella Chiweshe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%81%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A7"
    title: "ステーラ・チウェーシェ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%B5%2C_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0"
    title: "Чивеше, Стелла"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Chiweshe"
    title: "Stella Chiweshe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Stella_Chiweshe"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d1d9cfa4-43b2-4acf-8971-4b429a0b4473"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q276268"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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