Founder of African-focused media brand Nataal, Alassane Sy is a pioneering voice sharing the continent’s diverse creativity from his home in London.
Little Baobab
African restaurant
Unit 504, Peckham Levels, 95A Rye Ln, London SE15 4ST, United Kingdom
"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."
Alassane SY
Moonshine Lounge
Bar
85 Kingsland High St, London E8 2PB, United Kingdom
"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."
Alassane SY
Kaffa Coffee
Coffee shop
1 Gillett Square, London N16 8AZ, United Kingdom
"There's Kaffa Coffee on Gillett Square in Dalston. It's an Ethiopian café run by a man called Marcos"
Alassane SY
British Museum
Museum
Great Russell St, London WC1B 3DG, United Kingdom
"In the British Museum, you find lots of things about our history that you wouldn’t find in Senegal. Which is crazy."
Alassane SY
Finsbury Park
Park
Endymion Rd, Finsbury Park, London N4 1EE, United Kingdom
"I love the parks. That’s one thing that definitely attracted me to London. To me it was like, ‘Wow, these people get it’."
Alassane SY
Camden Town
Neighbourhood
Camden Town, London, UK
"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."
Alassane SY