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Debora Patta

1964 - Today

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Debora Patta (born 1 September 1964) is a South African investigative broadcast journalist and television producer. She was born in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and has origins from Calabria, Italy. Patta is the Africa correspondent for the American news program The CBS Evening News. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Debora Patta has received more than 230,650 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Debora Patta is the 7,274th most popular writer (down from 6,450th in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Zimbabwe (down from 33rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Zimbabwean Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 230k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 23.76

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

One step behind Mandela
Biography & Autobiography
Looking at Nelson Mandela's presidency from the view of his chief bodyguard, Rory Steyn, this tribute contains behind-the-scenes information and anecdotes. It also describes how Steyn, a traditional white South African, came to the realization that he would risk his life for Mandela.
2000
One step behind Mandela
Anecdotes, Bodyguards, Friends and associates
2000
One step behind Mandela
Anecdotes, Bodyguards, Friends and associates
2000

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Debora Patta ranks 7,274 out of 7,302. Before her are Fatima Bhutto, Anupama Chopra, Jed Whedon, Owen Jones, Ben Goldacre, and G. Willow Wilson. After her are Maajid Nawaz, Tarell Alvin McCraney, Pierce Brown, Taiye Selasi, Janet Mock, and Michael Hastings.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1964, Debora Patta ranks 945. Before her are Maria Miller, Trey Gowdy, Mark Pocan, Rekha Bhardwaj, Silken Laumann, and Paul Jewell. After her are James Langevin, Jim Florentine, Drew Massey, Juliana Donald, Steffen Peters, and Inessa Merkulova.

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In Zimbabwe

Among people born in Zimbabwe, Debora Patta ranks 44 out of 45. Before her are NoViolet Bulawayo (1981), Ann Grant (1955), Nyasha Mushekwi (1987), Patricia McKillop (1956), Marvelous Nakamba (1994), and Knowledge Musona (1987). After her are Brendan Galloway (1996), Aleksandr Sergeyev (null), Donata Katai (2004), Dominique du Toit (1997), Mukhammadkarim Khurramov (1997), and Rachel Klamer (1990).

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Among WRITERS In Zimbabwe

Among writers born in Zimbabwe, Debora Patta ranks 7. Before her are Alexander McCall Smith (1948), Paula Hawkins (1972), Tsitsi Dangarembga (1959), Chenjerai Hove (1956), Yvonne Vera (1964), and NoViolet Bulawayo (1981).

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