# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/valentina-acava
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:58:03.924Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/valentina-acava"
name: "Valentina Acava"
slug: "valentina-acava"
description: "Valentina Acava is a writer, educator and artivist. She is an outspoken advocate to end female genital mutilation (FGM) using artistic and educational Workshops. She was born into Italian and Greek parents and was raised in South Africa. She is the founder of Creative Encounters, an artistic platform for artists in East Africa."
tagline: "Writer and activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Valentina_A.Mmaka.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Italy"
  isoCode: "IT"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1971-10-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           29.54
  momentum:             15
  historical:           4.867134666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/valentinammaka"
    handle:    "valentinammaka"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://valentinammaka.blogspot.com.es/"
sources:
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentina_Acava"
    title: "Valentina Acava"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7"
    title: "فالنتينا اكافا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentina_Acava"
    title: "Valentina Acava"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Valentina_Acava_Mmaka"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentina_Acava"
    title: "Valentina Acava"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentina_Acava"
    title: "Valentina Acava"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1122460"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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