# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vusamazulu-credo-mutwa
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:58:50.065Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vusamazulu-credo-mutwa"
name: "Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa"
slug: "vusamazulu-credo-mutwa"
description: "Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa was a Zulu sangoma from South Africa. He was known as an author of books that draw upon African mythology, traditional Zulu folklore, extraterrestrial encounters and his own personal encounters. His last work was a graphic novel called the Tree of Life Trilogy based on his writings of his most famous book, Indaba my Children. In 2018 he was honoured with an USIBA award presented by the South African Department of Arts and Culture, for his work in indigenous wisdom."
tagline: "South African traditional healer, and writer (1921–2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Credo_mutwa.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1921-07-21"
deathDate: "2020-03-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.57
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.312284
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa"
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  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vusamazulu_Credo_Mutwa"
    title: "Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vusamazulu_Credo_Mutwa"
    title: "Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vusamazulu_Credo_Mutwa"
    title: "Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credo_Mutwa"
    title: "Credo Mutwa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vusamazulu_Credo_Mutwa"
    title: "Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vusamazulu_Credo_Mutwa"
    title: "Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A0%E3%83%88%E3%83%AF"
    title: "クレド・ムトワ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vusamazulu_Credo_Mutwa"
    title: "Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa"
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    title: "Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vusamazulu_Credo_Mutwa"
    title: "Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump