Sathima Bea Benjamin
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 0
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- South Africa
- Active from
- 1936
- Active to
- 2013
vocal jazz
Discography
- African Songbird1976
- Dedications1982
- WindSong1985
- LoveLight1988
- A Morning in Paris1997
- Musical Echoes2006
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South African vocalist, composer, and lyricist Sathima Bea Benjamin was born October 17, 1936 in Johannesburg and raised in Cape Town, where she began singing in church. As a youth, she first performed popular music in talent contests held during intermission at the local cinema and by the late 1950s she was singing at various nightclubs, community dances and social events. She built her repertoire watching British and American movies and listening to the radio <a href="https://www.last.fm/music
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- South Africa
- Place of birth
- Johannesburg
- Place of death
- Cape Town
- Spouse
- Abdullah Ibrahim
- Child
- Jean Grae
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Islam
- Award
- Order of Ikhamanga
- Field of work
- music composing
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.sathimabeabenjamin.com
Show 4 more facts
- date of birth
- 1936-10-17
- date of death
- 2013-08-20
- start of work period
- 1955-00-00
- name in native language
- Sathima Bea Benjamin
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