Background
Alassane Diago was born on 31 March 1985 in Agnam Lidoubé a village in northeast Senegal.
Alassane Diago was born on 31 March 1985 in Agnam Lidoubé a village in northeast Senegal.
He studied Philosophy in Dakar, but his dream was to become a film director
He is of Fulani background. In 2007 Diago was trained in audio-visual at the Media Centre of Dakar, and he has followed the teachings of documentary maker Samba Félix Ndiaye. He participated in several writing residencies in the Africadoc project in Saint-Louis, Senegal in 2008, 2009 and 2010.
Tears of emigration is his first documentary as a director