# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zim-ngqawana
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:00:51.509Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zim-ngqawana"
name: "Zim Ngqawana"
slug: "zim-ngqawana"
description: "Zim Ngqawana was a South African flautist and saxophonist. He was later known as Zimology."
tagline: "South African jazz musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zim_Ngqawana.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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: "1959-12-25"
deathDate: "2011-05-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.59
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.274010666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1709610/"
    handle:    "nm1709610"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4718950"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7"
    title: "زيم نجكاوانا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zim_Ngqawana"
    title: "Zim Ngqawana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zim_Ngqawana"
    title: "Zim Ngqawana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zim_Ngqawana"
    title: "Zim Ngqawana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zim_Ngqawana"
    title: "Zim Ngqawana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://st.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zim_Ngqawana"
    title: "Zim Ngqawana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/edf8bab3-1ad5-4583-ab51-bd8a7394a409"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q203379"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2209946"
    title: "Zim Ngqawana"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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