# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-kamaru
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:46:54.487Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-kamaru"
name: "Joseph Kamaru"
slug: "joseph-kamaru"
description: "Joseph Kamarū was a Kenyan Benga and gospel musician and political activist. He was an icon, a hero, and a leading Kikuyu musician, who has sold about half a million records. He was notable for his politically motivated songs either praising or criticizing the government. His music covered the teachings of life, promiscuity and sexual harassment in Kenyan politics and social culture."
tagline: "Kenyan benga musician"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1939"
deathDate: "2018-10-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.07
  momentum:             2.416879795396419
  historical:           6.40882
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3382075"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kamaru"
    title: "Joseph Kamaru"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kamaru"
    title: "Joseph Kamaru"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kamaru"
    title: "Joseph Kamaru"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ki.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kamar%C5%A9"
    title: "Joseph Kamarũ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kamaru"
    title: "Joseph Kamaru"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kamaru"
    title: "Joseph Kamaru"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a8f0ddd4-f81d-4e7a-8df4-4b593084a071"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3810227"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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