{
 "id": "sathima-bea-benjamin-f5dc31ca",
 "name": "Sathima Bea Benjamin",
 "kind": "person",
 "disambiguation": null,
 "identifiers": {
  "mbid": [
   "f5dc31ca-d86f-4aca-bb2f-b5ed41c8baa3"
  ],
  "wikidata": [
   "Q546053"
  ],
  "isni": [
   "0000000055176581"
  ],
  "discogs": [
   "145287"
  ]
 },
 "aliases": [
  "Bea Benjamin",
  "Bea Brand",
  "S. B. Benjamin",
  "Sathima",
  "Sathima (Bea Benjamin)",
  "Sathima B. Benjamin",
  "Sathima Ibrahim"
 ],
 "facts": {
  "area": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "South Africa",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "f5dc31ca-d86f-4aca-bb2f-b5ed41c8baa3",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "50cc7852-862e-30ae-aa82-385fe7135b7f"
    }
   ]
  },
  "award": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Order of Ikhamanga in Silver",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q546053",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
     "ref": "Q139858012",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "begin_date": {
   "status": "multi_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "1936-10-17",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "f5dc31ca-d86f-4aca-bb2f-b5ed41c8baa3",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "precision": "day"
    },
    {
     "value": "1936-10-17",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q546053",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
     "precision": "day",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "begin_place": {
   "status": "multi_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Johannesburg",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "f5dc31ca-d86f-4aca-bb2f-b5ed41c8baa3",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "291777c2-c48d-4002-9a0d-c7f87fea5c2b"
    },
    {
     "value": "Johannesburg",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q546053",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
     "ref": "Q34647",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "citizenship": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "South Africa",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q546053",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
     "ref": "Q258",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    }
   ]
  },
  "country": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "ZA",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "f5dc31ca-d86f-4aca-bb2f-b5ed41c8baa3",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24"
    }
   ]
  },
  "description": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "South African jazz singer (1936–2013)",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q546053",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-11"
    }
   ]
  },
  "end_date": {
   "status": "multi_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "2013-08-20",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "f5dc31ca-d86f-4aca-bb2f-b5ed41c8baa3",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "precision": "day"
    },
    {
     "value": "2013-08-20",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q546053",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
     "precision": "day",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "end_place": {
   "status": "multi_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "Cape Town",
     "source": "musicbrainz",
     "source_record": "f5dc31ca-d86f-4aca-bb2f-b5ed41c8baa3",
     "retrieved": "2026-10-24",
     "ref": "0f0cb63b-b675-4f9a-ad63-f24686cf2037"
    },
    {
     "value": "Cape Town",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q546053",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
     "ref": "Q5465",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    }
   ]
  },
  "genre": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "bebop",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q546053",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
     "ref": "Q105513",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "soul jazz",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q546053",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
     "ref": "Q1615483",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "jazz",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q546053",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
     "ref": "Q8341",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "instrument": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "voice",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q546053",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
     "ref": "Q17172850",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  },
  "occupation": {
   "status": "single_source",
   "values": [
    {
     "value": "jazz musician",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q546053",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
     "ref": "Q15981151",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "singer-songwriter",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q546053",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
     "ref": "Q488205",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "singer",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q546053",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
     "ref": "Q177220",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    },
    {
     "value": "jazz singer",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q546053",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
     "ref": "Q66314404",
     "source_cites_reference": false
    },
    {
     "value": "musician",
     "source": "wikidata",
     "source_record": "Q546053",
     "retrieved": "2026-11-11",
     "ref": "Q639669",
     "source_cites_reference": true
    }
   ]
  }
 },
 "discography": [],
 "links": [
  {
   "kind": "VIAF",
   "url": "http://viaf.org/viaf/42038957"
  },
  {
   "kind": "allmusic",
   "url": "https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000303595"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs",
   "url": "https://www.discogs.com/artist/145287"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs listed",
   "url": "http://www.sathimabeabenjamin.com/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "discogs listed",
   "url": "https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/30/arts/music/sathima-bea-benjamin-jazz-singer-and-activist-dies-at-76.html?_r=0"
  },
  {
   "kind": "official homepage",
   "url": "http://www.sathimabeabenjamin.com/"
  },
  {
   "kind": "other databases",
   "url": "https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/sathima_bea_benjamin"
  },
  {
   "kind": "wikidata",
   "url": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q546053"
  },
  {
   "kind": "wikipedia",
   "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sathima_Bea_Benjamin"
  }
 ],
 "citation": {
  "canonical_url": "https://musiciandictionary.com/artist/sathima-bea-benjamin-f5dc31ca",
  "cite_as": "Sathima Bea Benjamin, Musician Dictionary, https://musiciandictionary.com/artist/sathima-bea-benjamin-f5dc31ca",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/): free to use with credit",
  "sources": [
   {
    "name": "musicbrainz",
    "dump": "20261024-001001",
    "date": "2026-10-24",
    "license": "CC0 1.0 (core data; supplementary fields removed)"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-28T151314",
    "date": "2026-10-28",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-29T161131",
    "date": "2026-10-29",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-29T182648",
    "date": "2026-10-29",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-30T103005",
    "date": "2026-10-30",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-10-31T103005",
    "date": "2026-10-31",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-01T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-01",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-02T113003",
    "date": "2026-11-02",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-03T113003",
    "date": "2026-11-03",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-04T113007",
    "date": "2026-11-04",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-05T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-05",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-06T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-06",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-07T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-07",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-08T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-08",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-09T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-09",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-10T113005",
    "date": "2026-11-10",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   },
   {
    "name": "wikidata",
    "dump": "2026-11-11T113008",
    "date": "2026-11-11",
    "license": "CC0 1.0"
   }
  ]
 }
}