# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yusuf-olatunji
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:15:27.070Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yusuf-olatunji"
name: "Yusuf Olatunji"
slug: "yusuf-olatunji"
description: "Yusuf Olatunji, also known as Baba Legba or Baba L’Egbaa, was a Nigerian Sakara drum player, who popularized the sakara music style.\nHe was purportedly born in 1905 or 1906 in a village called Gbegbinlawo in Ogun State in south-western Nigeria, although there are still doubts about the location of his birth. His mid-life conversion to Islam boosted his career in Yoruba music. He was born a Christian and he hailed from Iseyin in Oyo State. He was formerly known as Joseph Olatunji. He started his career in 1937 with his first record and he joined Abibu oluwa band in 1927."
tagline: "Nigerian musician"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1909"
deathDate: "1978"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.37
  momentum:             3.694444444444445
  historical:           7.084414666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusuf_Olatunji"
    title: "Yusuf Olatunji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusuf_Olatunji"
    title: "Yusuf Olatunji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusuf_Olatunji"
    title: "Yusuf Olatunji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusuf_Olatunji"
    title: "Yusuf Olatunji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusuf_Olatunji"
    title: "Yusuf Olatunji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://knc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusuf_Olatunji"
    title: "Yusuf Olatunji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B8%2C_%D0%AE%D1%81%D1%83%D1%84"
    title: "Олатунджи, Юсуф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusuf_Olatunji"
    title: "Yusuf Olatunji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusuf_Olatunji"
    title: "Yusuf Olatunji"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3510533"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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