Kamala

Kamala, born James Arthur Harris, occupies a complicated place in my memory of professional wrestling. The 6'7" Mississippi giant played "The Ugandan Giant," a barefoot, war-painted character that reads as deeply problematic by modern standards. Yet I can't deny the raw presence he brought to the ring; he sold that monstrous gimmick with total conviction. What lingers most is the contrast many recall between the fearsome persona and the gentle man behind it. He passed in 2020. I hold his career as a bittersweet artifact of an era, separating the troubling premise from the genuine performer who gave it everything.

Name (English)

Kamala

Name (Japanese)

カマラ

Reading

かまら

Born

May 28, 1950 – August 9, 2020

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Tiger

Origin

Senatobia, Mississippi, United States

Height

201 cm

Occupation

professional wrestler

• Official sitehttp://www.kamalaspeaks.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamala%20(wrestler)
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%A9%20(%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC)
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q983418

Tags

• Mississippi
• professional wrestler

Last updated

2026-06-20

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.