Founder of African-focused media brand Nataal, Alassane Sy is a pioneering voice sharing the continent’s diverse creativity from his home in London.

London

"There is a Senegalese pop-up that happens once a month, called Little Baobab. It's run by a friend called Khadim. They collaborate with a Senegalese artist called Abdoulaye Samb."

Little Baobab

"It has a certain particularity where you can go there and easily feel like you're not in Europe anymore. You're somewhere in Lagos."

Moonshine Lounge

"There's Kaffa Coffee on Gillett Square in Dalston. It's an Ethiopian café run by a man called Marcos"

Kaffa Coffee

"In the British Museum, you find lots of things about our history that you wouldn’t find in Senegal. Which is crazy."

British Museum

"I love the parks. That’s one thing that definitely attracted me to London. To me it was like, ‘Wow, these people get it’."

Finsbury Park

"I walked around watching people jumping in the canal, they were drunk. Lots of tattoos. I could do that for days, watching people like that."

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