SINGER

Afric Simone

1956 - Today

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Henrique Joaquim Simone (born October 10, 1939), known professionally as Afric Simone, is a Mozambican vocalist, musician, performance artist, multi-instrumentalist, dancer and entertainer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Afric Simone has received more than 232,693 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Afric Simone is the 551st most popular singer (up from 685th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Mozambique (up from 14th in 2019) and the most popular Mozambican Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Afric Simone ranks 551 out of 4,381Before him are Pierre Kartner, Christophe, Silvio Rodríguez, Heidi Brühl, Tiny Tim, and Renato Carosone. After him are Shania Twain, Chubby Checker, Czesław Niemen, Nino Ferrer, Stephen Stills, and Evert Taube.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Afric Simone ranks 122Before him are GG Allin, Roderick MacKinnon, Tim Russ, Dana Delany, John Paul Getty III, and Steven Bauer. After him are Lisa Niemi, Pim Verbeek, Trần Đại Quang, Mirek Topolánek, Zlatko Kranjčar, and Catherine Ashton.

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In Mozambique

Among people born in Mozambique, Afric Simone ranks 10 out of 38Before him are Samora Machel (1933), Graça Machel (1945), Joaquim Chissano (1939), Armando Guebuza (1943), Mário Coluna (1935), and Filipe Nyusi (1959). After him are Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho (1936), Eduardo Mondlane (1920), Ruy Guerra (1931), Júlio Duarte Langa (1927), Paulo Fonseca (1973), and Mia Couto (1955).

Among SINGERS In Mozambique

Among singers born in Mozambique, Afric Simone ranks 1After him are Mariza (1973), and António Calvário (1938).