[2] Tamsier left the UK when he was two years old after his father decided to move his family back to the Gambia and establish his chambers there.
In an interview with West Africa magazine, Tamsier said: Coming from an African family where education is everything, I felt I needed to please both my parents and myself.
[1][2] Tamsier worked as a stage backing dancer for Mary Kiani, Kym Mazelle, Jocelyn Brown, Martha Wash, MN8, Take That, Honeyz, Impact Dance Productions (UK, Sadler's Wells) and also appeared on Janet Jackson's 1995 World Tour at Wembley Arena (London leg of the tour, small portion).
[26] Along with his experience in mainstream dance genres such as jazz and ballet, Tamsier was also involved in the underground London vogue scene during the late 1980s or early 1990s.
[2][14][15] It was whilst working as a dancer in the early 1990s at Heaven that Tamsier met the legendary Jean Michel who will become one of his closest friends and vogue mentor.
[2] In 1997 whilst working for Heaven Nightclub's host and performer — Miss Kimberley as a backing voguer, Tamsier was interviewed and photographed by the alternative culture magazine Bizarre.
[11] In March 2015, Tamsier came out of retirement to appear on FKA twigs music video "Glass & Patron" as a vogue dancer starring alongside Javier Ninja, David Magnifique and Benjamin Milan.
He covered the trial of lawyer Ousainou Darboe and his Executive Committee, 9 May 2016 political prisoners - imprisoned for demanding electrical reform and the Gambian presidential election, 2016.
[37][38][39][40] He is one of few (if not the only) Gambian radio presenters living in the diaspora that regularly criticises the Jammeh regime yet continues to enter the country.
Whilst he was still in the Gambia covering the 2016 presidential election and the release of Ousainou Darboe from jail, he continued to criticise the brutality of the Jammeh regime as he has done on previous visits.
[40] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Tamsier organised a fund raising initiative to help Seereer artists in Senegal and Gambia - financially impacted by COVID-19 due to their inability to work.
[43] As part of his philanthropic initiative, Tamsier's organisations (the Seereer Resource Centre and Seereer Radio) were also the official sponsors of the current King of Sine Niokhobaye Fatou Diène Diouf's forth anniversary in February 2022 since his enthronement in 2019;[44] and the current King of Saloum Thierno Coumba Daga Ndao's celebration of the annual Gamo Kahone festival in 2022.
[45] Tamsier is also the creator, concept author, co-producer, and executive producer of Seereer Heritage label's ambitious single Ceereer ne ino mbogun (and its accompanying album Ino mbogu Ceereer ne) consisting of twenty-four of Senegal's most notable Seereer artists, which received great reviews and play times on Senegalese and Gambian radio stations since its release on 15 December 2022.
To truly understand and appreciate our great history and culture, we must first love, respect and honour the religion of our forefathers in its orthodox form, free from any syncretism or dilution.
Although Tamsier was brought up in a Muslim household, he rejected Islam in his early life and became a devout follower of A ƭat Roog (the Seereer religious faith, religion of his ancestors).