Gaël Faye

Gaël Faye (born 6 August 1982) is a Rwandan-French singer, rapper, and writer.

Gaël Faye (Milk Coffee and Sugar) September 2014

Personal life

Faye was born in Bujumbura, Burundi of a French father and Rwandan mother.[1] He immigrated 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

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

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]

References
  1. "Africiné - Gaël Faye - Quand deux fleuves se rencontrent". Africiné (in French). Retrieved 2022-06-19.
  2. "Gael Faye ce qui lui plait". Liberation. 13 February 2013. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  3. JDD, Le. "PORTRAIT. Gaël Faye, l'écriture pour la vie". lejdd.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-06-19.
  4. JDD, Le. "PORTRAIT. Gaël Faye, l'écriture pour la vie". lejdd.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-06-19.
  5. "Petit pays by Gaël Faye". World Literature Today. 2018-06-15. Retrieved 2022-06-19.
  6. JDD, Le. "PORTRAIT. Gaël Faye, l'écriture pour la vie". lejdd.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-06-19.
  7. "Gaël Faye", Wikipédia (in French), 2022-06-18, retrieved 2022-06-19
  8. "Petit pays by Gaël Faye". World Literature Today. 2018-06-15. Retrieved 2022-06-19.
  9. Cummins, Anthony (10 June 2018). "Small Country by Gaël Faye – review". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  10. Grey, Tobias (29 May 2018). "A French-Rwandan Rap Star Turned Novelist From Burundi". The New York Times.
  11. Barbier, Eric (2020-08-28), Petit pays (Drama), Jerico, Super 8 Production, Pathé, retrieved 2022-06-19
  12. Milk Coffee & Sugar - Milk Coffee & Sugar, retrieved 2022-06-19
  13. "Africiné - Gaël Faye - Quand deux fleuves se rencontrent". Africiné (in French). Retrieved 2022-06-19.
  14. "Gaël Faye", Wikipédia (in French), 2022-06-18, retrieved 2022-06-19
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