Safiya Songhai, ta kasance ƴar fim ɗin Amurka ce, mai watsa labarai ta talabijin, mai ba da rahoto da kuma sarauniya kyau. Ta kasance itace ta farko data kasance Miss Black USA 2008 a wakiltar Massachusetts. Songhai ta kasance gwarzuwar gida kuma mai tsere a cikin biyu daga cikin District of Columbia da New York masu neman shiga gasar Miss America. Daga 2010 - 2012, Songhai ta yi aiki a matsayin farfesa ta Mass Communications a Jami'ar Prairie View A&M, ɗaliban jami'ar sun gabatar da ita ga kyautar Shugaban Malamai da kuma lambar yabo na PV Choice. An haifi Songhai a Philadelphia zuwa Dwight Lamont Hendricks da Tamara Pierce. Iyayen Songhai sun hadu a Filin Wasan Kasa da Kasuwa na Philadelphia, wani biki inda Songhai daga baya za ta lashe kyautar fim dinta na farko. Mahaifiyarta ta fito daga shahararren dangin Philadelphia kuma ta kasance mai kirkiro kuma mai masaukin baki don wasan WPVI na wasan kwaikwayo na VP, kuma daga baya ta yi aiki a ofisoshi daban-daban a matsayin mace ta kamara kuma editan labarai na Frontline .