# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sathima-bea-benjamin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:55:32.695Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sathima-bea-benjamin"
name: "Sathima Bea Benjamin"
slug: "sathima-bea-benjamin"
description: "Beatrice \"Sathima Bea\" Benjamin was a South African vocalist and composer based in New York City for nearly 45 years."
tagline: "South African jazz singer (1936–2013)"
gender: "female"
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: "1936-10-17"
deathDate: "2013-08-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.85
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.420484
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  222
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2054324/"
    handle:    "nm2054324"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.sathimabeabenjamin.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/145287"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ساثيما بيا بنيامين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sathima_Bea_Benjamin"
    title: "Sathima Bea Benjamin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sathima_Bea_Benjamin"
    title: "Sathima Bea Benjamin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sathima_Bea_Benjamin"
    title: "Sathima Bea Benjamin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sathima_Bea_Benjamin"
    title: "Sathima Bea Benjamin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%90%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%94_%D7%91%D7%99_%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%92'%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%9F"
    title: "סאתימה בי בנג'מין"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sathima_Bea_Benjamin"
    title: "Sathima Bea Benjamin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sathima_Bea_Benjamin"
    title: "Sathima Bea Benjamin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sathima_Bea_Benjamin"
    title: "Sathima Bea Benjamin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sathima_Bea_Benjamin"
    title: "Sathima Bea Benjamin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sathima_Bea_Benjamin"
    title: "Sathima Bea Benjamin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f5dc31ca-d86f-4aca-bb2f-b5ed41c8baa3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q546053"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3910390"
    title: "Sathima Bea Benjamin"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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