# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/franklin-boukaka
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:34:59.449Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/franklin-boukaka"
name: "Franklin Boukaka"
slug: "franklin-boukaka"
description: "Franklin Boukaka was a Congolese baritone singer, guitarist, and songwriter who is recognized as a pioneer of Congolese popular music. He performed in bands based in each of \"the two Congos,\" i.e., the countries now named the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo; toured worldwide; achieved broad popularity; took outspoken political stances; and is widely believed to have been the victim of an extrajudicial execution during an attempted coup in the Republic of the Congo."
tagline: "Congolese artist (1940-1972)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1940-10-10"
deathDate: "1972-02-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.33
  momentum:             5.902803057881326
  historical:           6.421744
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1391564"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Boukaka"
    title: "Franklin Boukaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Boukaka"
    title: "Franklin Boukaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Boukaka"
    title: "Franklin Boukaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Boukaka"
    title: "Franklin Boukaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Boukaka"
    title: "Franklin Boukaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Boukaka"
    title: "Franklin Boukaka"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7db7fef3-f8a7-4968-a32d-916f0d3b9d5f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3082931"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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