Gaël Faye
Gaël Faye (born 6 August 1982) is a Rwandan–French singer, rapper, and writer.
Personal life[edit]
Faye was born in Bujumbura, Burundi of a French father and Rwandan mother.[1] He moved to France at the age of 13, escaping from the Burundian civil war.[2] He studied economics and finance.[3]
He is married and has two daughters.[4]
Book[edit]
Faye wrote a novel inspired by his teenage-years' experience of the war in Burundi.[5] Small Country (Petit Pays)[6] was first published in France in August 2016 by Grasset. It won five literary prizes.[7][8] It has been translated into 36 languages[9][10] and made into a movie, released in 2020.[11]
Music[edit]
In 2010 Faye and Edgar Sekloka released a rap and hip-hop album entitled Milk Coffee and Sugar (also the name of their group).[12]
Faye then released three solo albums and one EP: Pili Pili sur un Croissant au Beurre (2013),Des fleurs EP (2014) [13] Lundi Méchant (2020) and Mauve Jacaranda (2022). Lundi Méchant went gold in 2022.[14]
Film[edit]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | Rwanda: Words of Silence | Wrote and directed | [15] | |
2024 | Savages | MC Orangutan | Voice role | [16] |
Awards[edit]
- 2023 : The Grand Public Prize at Justice Documentary Festival Paris
References[edit]
- ^ "Africiné – Gaël Faye – Quand deux fleuves se rencontrent". Africiné (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ^ "Gael Faye ce qui lui plait". Liberation. 13 February 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ JDD, Le. "PORTRAIT. Gaël Faye, l'écriture pour la vie". lejdd.fr (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ^ JDD, Le. "PORTRAIT. Gaël Faye, l'écriture pour la vie". lejdd.fr (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ^ "Petit pays by Gaël Faye". World Literature Today. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ^ JDD, Le. "PORTRAIT. Gaël Faye, l'écriture pour la vie". lejdd.fr (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ^ "Gaël Faye", Wikipédia (in French), 18 June 2022, retrieved 19 June 2022
- ^ "Petit pays by Gaël Faye". World Literature Today. 15 June 2018. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ^ Cummins, Anthony (10 June 2018). "Small Country by Gaël Faye – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Grey, Tobias (29 May 2018). "A French-Rwandan Rap Star Turned Novelist From Burundi". The New York Times.
- ^ Barbier, Eric (28 August 2020), Petit pays (Drama), Jerico, Super 8 Production, Pathé, retrieved 19 June 2022
- ^ Milk Coffee & Sugar – Milk Coffee & Sugar, retrieved 19 June 2022
- ^ "Africiné – Gaël Faye – Quand deux fleuves se rencontrent". Africiné (in French). Retrieved 19 June 2022.
- ^ "Gaël Faye", Wikipédia (in French), 18 June 2022, retrieved 19 June 2022
- ^ "Rwanda: Words of SIlence". Java Films. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Sauvages". Annecy International Animated Film Festival. Retrieved 12 June 2024.