Tag: Sister Fa
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“Girl Power” by Mina la voilée
“Girl Power”, by Mina la Voilée, preaches tough feminism, women’s empowerment, and just an overall sense of badass rhymes and flow in a short but sweet song dedicated to women in Senegal. Being a female rapper in Senegal is unfortunately not as common or accepted as in other parts of Africa. Rap in general has
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Sister 2 Sister: Sister Fa Speaks Out
Sister Fa, a native-born Senegalese hip-hop artist made her debut on the rap scene at the age of 18. Her music took an evolutionary approach to create social awareness around topics such as gender equity, child marriage, and the fight to end genital mutilation. Now 36 years old and based in Berlin, Sister Fa has
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A Platform for Good
By the end of Sister Fa’s Milyamba music video you can practically feel the sweat dripping through the display. If monitors were capable of transporting mass from one location to another, Milyamba would have brought a deluge of blood, sweat, and tears from Senegal onto your lap. The artist, Sister Fa, has enough life experience
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Sister Fa: A Human Rights Activist
Sister Fa, formerly known as Fatou Diatta, was born in Dakar, Senegal. She debuted her first demo tape in 2000 and officially entered the stage or West African rap. Her songs are meant to expose the realities of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM).
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Sister Fa
Fatou Diatta, aka Sister Fa is a Hip-Hop artist that was born in Dakar, Senegal. After reading about Senegal I was interested in exploring whether there were any female Hip-Hop artists there, and I discovered Sister Fa. In 2010, digitaljournal.com posted a profile of Sister Fa that described her as courageous and determined, considering she