Safi Faye

Safi Faye
Born	(1943-11-22)November 22, 1943 Dakar, Senegal
Died	February 22, 2023(2023-02-22) (aged 79) Paris, France
Nationality	Senegalese
Education	École normal de Rufisque, University of Paris
Occupation(s)	Film director, ethnologist
Years active	1972–2023
Notable work	Kaddu Beykat, Mossane
Children	1
Awards	Un Certain Regard

Safi Faye (November 22, 1943 – February 22, 2023) was a Senegalese film director and ethnologist.^[1] She was the first Sub-Saharan African woman to direct a commercially distributed feature film, Kaddu Beykat, which was released in 1975. She has directed several documentary and fiction films focusing on rural life in Senegal.