# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tjawangwa-dema
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:25:31.353Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tjawangwa-dema"
name: "Tjawangwa Dema"
slug: "tjawangwa-dema"
description: "Tjawangwa \"TJ\" Dema is a Motswana poet, known for her spoken word and performance poetry. Her work has been published internationally in literary journals and anthologies, and she has performed at festivals and events in over 20 countries. Her debut collection, The Careless Seamstress (2019), won the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets."
tagline: "Motswana poet, educator, literary events and project producer"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1981-08-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           35.86
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.734773333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/TjDema"
    handle:    "TjDema"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/tjdema/"
    handle:    "tjdema"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Tjawangwa%20Dema%20-%20BOOKS"
    handle:    "Tjawangwa Dema - BOOKS"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://tjdema.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tjawangwa_Dema"
    title: "Tjawangwa Dema"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tjawangwa_Dema"
    title: "Tjawangwa Dema"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tjawangwa_Dema"
    title: "Tjawangwa Dema"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tjawangwa_Dema"
    title: "Tjawangwa Dema"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tjawangwa_Dema"
    title: "Tjawangwa Dema"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tjawangwa_Dema"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113644050"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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