blackpuffin is a boutique company focusing on equal parts collaboration and strategy while working exclusively with artists from Africa and its diaspora. Our mission is to produce an interactive platform for businesses, institutions and contemporary Black artists to engage and motivate each other th| blackpuffin
Modou Dieng Yacine was born in Saint-Louis, Senegal, a French Colonial settlement built in the 17th century. Until 1960, when sovereignty was returned to Senegal, it was from where France governed it’s African colonies. During his childhood he received a French Catholic education, while the majority of Senegal was Muslim. This created a foundational bond with France and it’s culture but also bred a deep alienation from his Senegalese and African identities. The void, birthed from this rel...| blackpuffin