30 January - 3 February 2025 | Hotel Clarks Amer, Jaipur

Gaël Faye

Gaël Faye is an author, composer and hip hop artist. He released an album in 2010 with the group Milk Coffee & Sugar. In 2013, he released his first solo album Pili Pili sur un Croissant au Beurre. It was recorded between Bujumbura and Paris, and is filled with a plethora of musical influences: rap laced with soul and jazz, semba, Congolese rumba. In 2018, he received the prestigious Victoires de la Musique Award. His first novel Small Country was a bestseller in France, winning the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens 2016 and has been published in more than 30 countries. The movie adaptation will be released in 2020.

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