Voices and Songs in Safi Faye’s Mossane

The work of Faye can certainly be taken as feminist, but I would argue that ultimately her films function primarily as ethnographic texts that are capable of raising certain awareness. Faye’s characters, and Mossane may be the best example, do defy the strict traditions of the Senegalese village and do manage to circumvent temporarily the classic Hollywood cinema restrictions imposed on the female body and voice.