Career
She was a charismatic performer and dressed in traditional clothing with coins braided into her hair. Sana gained national and international acclaim over the course of her career, distinguished by her innovative reinvention of the valiha performance technique and her fusion of traditional Tandroy and Sakalava musical styles. Mama Sana recorded several solo albums before her death in 1997.
After her death, Sana"s house was converted to a museum and a cultural association was founded in her honor to promote traditional music of the Sakalava and Tandroy people.