Safi Faye

Safi Faye (born November 22, 1943) is a Senegalese film director and ethnologist. She was the first Sub-Saharan African woman to direct a commercially distributed feature film. She has directed several documentary and fiction films focusing on rural life in Senegal.

Personal facts

Birth dateNovember 22, 1943
Birth place
Senegal , Dakar

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