# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jacob-radebe
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:18:07.725Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jacob-radebe"
name: "Jacob Radebe"
slug: "jacob-radebe"
description: "Jacob Radebe, professionally known as Mpharanyana, was a South African singer-songwriter and guitarist. His music is often classified as jazz, fusion, disco, soul and mbaqanga. Radebe's compositions were primarily in Sesotho but he would occasionally sing in English."
tagline: "Legendary South African soul singer and lead vocalist of the Cannibals in the late 70s (1948-1979)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1948-04-06"
deathDate: "1979-08-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.57
  momentum:             2.70440251572327
  historical:           6.407272
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/396536"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_%22Mpharanyana%22_Radebe"
    title: "Jacob \"Mpharanyana\" Radebe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_%E2%80%9EMpharanyana%E2%80%9C_Radebe"
    title: "Jacob „Mpharanyana“ Radebe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpharanyana"
    title: "Mpharanyana"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ss.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_%22Mpharanyana%22_Radebe"
    title: "Jacob \"Mpharanyana\" Radebe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://st.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_%22Mpharanyana%22_Radebe"
    title: "Jacob \"Mpharanyana\" Radebe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://xh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_%22Mpharanyana%22_Radebe"
    title: "Jacob \"Mpharanyana\" Radebe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Radebe"
    title: "Jacob Radebe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q100807882"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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