# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benson-idonije
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:14:30.741Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benson-idonije"
name: "Benson Idonije"
slug: "benson-idonije"
description: "Benson Idonije is a Nigerian broadcaster and music critic popularly known for being the first band manager of Afrobeat musician Fela Kuti. Regarded as one of Nigeria's most revered music critics, he was part of the pioneering group of broadcasters who started Radio Nigeria 2 in 1977."
tagline: "Nigerian music critic, broadcaster"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1936-06-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.37
  momentum:             21.41820580474934
  historical:           2.363188
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     15
  profileCompleteness:  41
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benson_Idonije"
    title: "Benson Idonije"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5d1a01b3-99d8-4a55-ba6e-2bad49764baa"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25859454"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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