# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tchicaya-u-tam-si
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:38:27.264Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tchicaya-u-tam-si"
name: "Tchicaya U Tam'si"
slug: "tchicaya-u-tam-si"
description: "Tchicaya U Tam'si was a Congolese author; his pen name means \"small paper that speaks for its country\" in Kikongo."
tagline: "Congolese writer"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1931-08-25"
deathDate: "1988-04-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.217244
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/5340119"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tchicaya_U_Tam'si"
    title: "Tchicaya U Tam'si"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tchicaya_U_Tam%E2%80%99si"
    title: "Tchicaya U Tam’si"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tchicaya_U_Tam'si"
    title: "Tchicaya U Tam'si"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tchicaya-U-Tam'si"
    title: "Tchicaya-U-Tam'si"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tchicaya_U_Tam'si"
    title: "Tchicaya U Tam'si"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tchicaya_U_Tam'si"
    title: "Tchicaya U Tam'si"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tchicaya_U_Tam%E2%80%99si"
    title: "Tchicaya U Tam’si"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%8F_%D0%A3_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%B8"
    title: "Чикайя У Тамси"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tchicaya_U_Tam'Si"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tchicaya_U_Tam'si"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q321066"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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