# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yosef-ben-jochannan
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:56:36.721Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yosef-ben-jochannan"
name: "Yosef Ben-Jochannan"
slug: "yosef-ben-jochannan"
description: "Yosef Alfredo Antonio Ben-Jochannan, commonly referred to as \"Dr. Ben\", was an American writer and historian. He was considered to be one of the more prominent Afrocentric scholars by some Black Nationalists. Conversely, mainstream scholars, such as Mary Lefkowitz, dismissed him citing historical inaccuracies in his work, and disputes about his academic credentials."
tagline: "American historian and writer (1918-2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dr_Ben.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1918-12-31"
deathDate: "2015-03-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.96
  momentum:             5.472972972972971
  historical:           6.447664
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "يوسف بن جوشنان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Yosef Ben-Jochannan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosef_Ben-Jochannan"
    title: "Yosef Ben-Jochannan"
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  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosef_Ben-Jochannan"
    title: "Yosef Ben-Jochannan"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosef_Ben-Jochannan"
    title: "Yosef Ben-Jochannan"
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  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosef_Ben-Jochannan"
    title: "Yosef Ben-Jochannan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yosef_Ben-Jochannan"
    title: "Yosef Ben-Jochannan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2228601"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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