# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zahara
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:36:36.468Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zahara"
name: "Zahara"
slug: "zahara"
description: "Bulelwa Mkutukana, known by her stage name Zahara, was a South African singer, songwriter and guitarist. Her music was classified loosely as \"Afro-soul\", and she sang in Xhosa, her native language, as well as in English."
tagline: "South African musician (1987–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zahara_Nairobi_(cropped_again).png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1987-11-09"
deathDate: "2023-12-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54
  momentum:             2.735166425470333
  historical:           21.718404
  currentAttention:     15.19536903039074
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  227
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/ZaharaSA"
    handle:    "ZaharaSA"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/zaharasa/"
    handle:    "zaharasa"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6kw5sT8a7bcS9u7uVckgJq"
    handle:    "6kw5sT8a7bcS9u7uVckgJq"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.zaharamkutukane.co.za/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/5292707"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahara"
    title: "Zahara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%87_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A8%D9%87_%D8%A7%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A7)"
    title: "زهره (كاتبه اغانى من جنوب افريقيا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahara"
    title: "Zahara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahara_(cantant_sud-africana)"
    title: "Zahara (cantant sud-africana)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahara_(South_African_musician)"
    title: "Zahara (South African musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahara_(Musikerin%2C_1987)"
    title: "Zahara (Musikerin, 1987)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahara_(South_African_musician)"
    title: "Zahara (South African musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahara_(cantautora)"
    title: "Zahara (cantautora)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahara_(musicienne)"
    title: "Zahara (musicienne)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahara_(mawakiyar_Afirka_ta_Kudu)"
    title: "Zahara (mawakiyar Afirka ta Kudu)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahara"
    title: "Zahara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahara_(South_African_musician)"
    title: "Zahara (South African musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahara_(cantante_sudafricana)"
    title: "Zahara (cantante sudafricana)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pcm.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahara"
    title: "Zahara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahara"
    title: "Zahara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://skr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%DB%81%D8%B1%DB%81_(%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%82%DB%8C_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "زہرہ (جنوبی افریقی موسیقار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahara"
    title: "Zahara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ss.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahara_(umculi_wase_Ningizimu_Afrika)"
    title: "Zahara (umculi wase Ningizimu Afrika)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://st.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahara_(South_African_musician)"
    title: "Zahara (South African musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahara_(G%C3%BCney_Afrikal%C4%B1_m%C3%BCzisyen)"
    title: "Zahara (Güney Afrikalı müzisyen)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%DB%81%D8%B1%DB%81_(%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%82%DB%8C_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "زہرہ (جنوبی افریقی موسیقار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ve.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahara"
    title: "Zahara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahara_(nh%E1%BA%A1c_s%C4%A9_ng%C6%B0%E1%BB%9Di_Nam_Phi)"
    title: "Zahara (nhạc sĩ người Nam Phi)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://xh.wikipedia.org/wiki/UZahara"
    title: "UZahara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahara"
    title: "Zahara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Zahara_(South_African_musician)"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://fr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Zahara_(musicienne)"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e9539da6-28a4-4daf-a6e0-755ab21c9a0b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140509"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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