Alassane Diago was born on 31 March 1985 in Agnam Lidoubé, a village in northeast Senegal.
In 2007, Diago was trained in audio-visual at the Media Centre of Dakar, after which he worked under the supervision of documentary maker Samba Félix N'diaye.
[1] Diago's first feature documentary, Les Larmes de l'émigration (Tears of emigration), won a prize at the Film Festival of Tarifa in 2010, as well as winning the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the International Francophone Film Festival of Namur.
[1] Diago said of the movie: "It’s the story of my mother who’s been waiting for my father who left 20 years ago.
It’s also the story of my sister who’s been waiting for her husband who left five years ago and my niece who has never seen her father".