Gaël Faye
Acting
Born: 1982-08-04 · Bujumbura, Burundi
Biography
Gaël Faye (born 6 August 1982) is a Rwandan-French singer, rapper, and writer. Faye was born in Bujumbura, Burundi of a French father and Rwandan mother. He moved to France at the age of 13, escaping from the Burundian civil war. He studied economics and finance. He is married and has two daughters. Faye wrote a novel inspired by his teenage-years' experience of the war in Burundi. Small Country (Petit Pays) was first published in France in August 2016 by Grasset. It won five literary prizes.
🎬 Movies (11)
Gaël Faye, live at the Musée du Louvre
2025
Savages
2024
MC Outang (voice)
Ephémère, le doc'
2023
Self
Ephémère - Le concert
2023
Self
Tété à la Cigale : À la faveur des rencontres
2023
Self
Étincelle: the Curse of the Black Opal
2023
Songs
Father's Day
2022
Executive Producer
Rwanda : the silence of words
2022
Director
Small Country: An African Childhood
2020
Novel
Symphonic Hip Hop 2
2017
Self
Brooklyn
2015
Rapper
