About me
Mamadou Yattassaye is a 25 year old filmmaker, indie/soul songwriter, and poet from Harlem,
New York. A first-generation Malian, his creative work illuminates the dynamic interiority of African
stories, examining the nuanced disparities amongst first-generation Africans, African immigrants, and
Black Americans. Through film, song, and the written word, Mamadou voyages the blurred waltz of
the African soul in lineage, faith, fragmentation, spectacle, surveillance, and coming of age.Mamadou
Yattassaye is a 25 year old filmmaker, indie/soul songwriter, and poet from Harlem, New York. A
first-generation Malian, his creative work illuminates the dynamic interiority of African stories,
examining the nuanced disparities amongst first-generation Africans, African immigrants, and Black
Americans. Through film, song, and the written word, Mamadou voyages the blurred waltz of the
African soul in lineage, faith, fragmentation, spectacle, surveillance, and coming of age. His short films
and artistic work have accumulated over 50 million views across various social media platforms. He has
creatively partnered with the agency Kyra to develop TikT ok campaigns for global brands like Polaroid
and Bvlgari, leveraging his social media channels to engage an audience of over 1 million. He is
currently wrapping up an MFA at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop.
