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Sama Yaay
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Sama Yaay actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Sama Yaay reads strongest on Serialized, Emotional Weight and Cliffhanger Intensity.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The story
What it's about
Codou, Fary, and Baye Zale reflect each day on the journey they have traveled. Behind their lives lies the silent struggle of a mother: Kéwé, widowed far too soon. Illiterate, Kéwé single-handedly bore the burden of the household, taking on numerous odd jobs and sacrificing her dreams to protect and raise her three children. Through her memories, Fary sees and experiences the reflection of this exceptional mother who transformed her tears into courage and her hardships into hope.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Writing
- Bathie S. DiagneWriter
- Fatou NdaoWriter
- Ibou GueyeWriter
- Saloum SagnaWriter
- Kine GueyeWriter
Where to watch
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