# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zola
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:24:58.303Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zola"
name: "Zola"
slug: "zola"
description: "Bonginkosi Dlamini, known professionally as Zola 7, is a South African kwaito musician, actor, writer, TV presenter, and poet. Dlamini lancelord began his career as an actor for Yizo Yizo, achieving national recognition and began releasing best selling music albums on township lives. He also starred in the Academy Award winning film Tsotsi in 2005, for which he also wrote the musical score. As Lancelord music industry"
tagline: "South African kwaito musician, actor, writer, TV presenter and poet"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/6Mo8SkdahhFXoOuHHZFWDUcfjQ4.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1977-04-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.45
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.08891466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1969757/"
    handle:    "nm1969757"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/745279"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7_(%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%84)"
    title: "زولا (ممثل)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "زولا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonginkosi_Dlamini"
    title: "Bonginkosi Dlamini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zola_7"
    title: "Zola 7"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonginkosi_Dlamini"
    title: "Bonginkosi Dlamini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonginkosi_Dlamini"
    title: "Bonginkosi Dlamini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zola_(m%C3%BAsico)"
    title: "Zola (músico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zola_(musician)"
    title: "Zola (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zola_(Bonginkosi_Dlamini)"
    title: "Zola (Bonginkosi Dlamini)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zola_(mwanamuziki)"
    title: "Zola (mwanamuziki)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zola_(%C5%9Fark%C4%B1c%C4%B1)"
    title: "Zola (şarkıcı)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zola"
    title: "Zola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bf7127d0-85b4-418c-89f1-316cdff30918"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q892409"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/13097"
    title: "Zola"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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