FILM DIRECTOR

Safi Faye

1943 - 2023

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Safi Faye (November 22, 1943 – February 22, 2023) was a Senegalese film director and ethnologist. She was the first Sub-Saharan African woman to direct a commercially distributed feature film, Kaddu Beykat, which was released in 1975. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Safi Faye has received more than 51,725 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Safi Faye is the 1,058th most popular film director (up from 1,350th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Senegal (up from 32nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Senegalese Film Director.

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  • 54.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Safi Faye ranks 1,058 out of 2,041. Before her are Richard Dembo, Fyodor Bondarchuk, Zalman King, John Seale, Kihachi Okamoto, and Richard Williams. After her are Cameron Crowe, Nina Companeez, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Frank Beyer, Gunnar Fischer, and Rafael Azcona.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Safi Faye ranks 468. Before her are Christopher Cazenove, Borislav Paravac, Urszula Dudziak, Lasse Holm, Marilynne Robinson, and Elizabeth Hartman. After her are Hélène Vincent, Pat Barker, Burt Rutan, Charles H. Bennett, Steve Miller, and Ron Geesin. Among people deceased in 2023, Safi Faye ranks 432. Before her are Anita Thallaug, Lucy Salani, Dmytro Pavlychko, Rona Hartner, Georges Bereta, and Paolo Portoghesi. After her are Mudar Badran, Anfisa Reztsova, Nikica Valentić, John Romita Sr., Sara Tavares, and Gary Rossington.

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In Senegal

Among people born in Senegal, Safi Faye ranks 22 out of 138. Before her are Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow (1921), Aliou Cissé (1976), Papa Bouba Diop (1978), Mame Madior Boye (1940), Mamadou Dia (1910), and Ba Mamadou Mbaré (1946). After her are Théodore-Adrien Sarr (1936), El Hadji Diouf (1981), Aminata Sow Fall (1941), Ibrahim Ba (1973), Didier Raoult (1952), and Habib Thiam (1933).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Senegal

Among film directors born in Senegal, Safi Faye ranks 2. Before her are Ousmane Sembène (1923).

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