Content creator Miss Zai Sylla joins Cheddar News to discuss being chosen by TikTok as a creator to watch in 2022.

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Miss Zai Sylla on Being Recognized by TikTok as a Creator to Watch in 2022

Welcome back guys between bells and cheddar news scrolling on Tiktok, you're met with new hobbies, some new recipes and even some new friends. But for the creators, there's so much more than that. That's why Tiktok shining a light on the rising stars on their platform. All sure to make waves this year on and off the app. So we're now joined by Tiktok or mrs I sila or you might know her as at zay rambles. Zay great to have you on the show welcome. Hi, I'm so happy to be here. So tick tock chose 22 creators who make up the creators to watch list. You are part of that. So, congratulations. What does it mean for you to be recognized by Tiktok on this list? Honestly, it has been absolutely amazing. Tiktok has been incredible in terms of supporting its creators and it's really getting a huge, a lot of credibility now to my own what I'm doing and to racism and diversity media. So for our viewers maybe who are unfamiliar with a lot of your content, we're showing some of it right here. It's really dedicated to anti racist films, Tv shows, books, A lot of really good informative content that's on there. What made you decide you wanted to get involved and start posting these videos on Tiktok. Okay, so I love my black people are actually going to relate to this. But when in june 2020 when Blm, just like hit his speak, I kind of like started to think about, okay, what can I do as a black person living in europe to inform and educate others and for myself as well at the same time and I just realized, wait, I know so many films that people should see and that's how it started. And by the way, you've been able to amass quite the following and you have over 100,000 followers already, is there any pressure at all to have to think of new things all the time to keep all those people watching all the time? Because I'm just anxious already just thinking about that. Yeah, the pressure is there, but like at the same time it's really fun to just think about different ideas and different ways to engage people and make sure that they assimilate and learn the content about anti racism, diversity media. So yeah, the creativity, the challenge kind of outweighs the pressure for me. Well, I'm curious how maybe has Tiktok maybe helped shape you, has it made you maybe, you know grow as a person as a result of all the things that you're able to create on this platform? Oh, yes, yes, most definitely. Thanks to Tiktok. I'm I'm part of the black veil beso program. And so I've been able to me like such a wonderful community of black creators in the UK and that has that has been such a wholesome experience and that has opened doors in such a wonderful way. So, and Tiktok overall is such a positive. I'm really happy to be a creator on the, so where do you find a lot of the content and the material for a lot of the stuff that you're discussing? Yeah, you said, you know a lot of really great movies and a lot of really great books, but like where else are you finding a lot of the content to talk about? Okay. So what I do is that I usually scroll on netflix, I surge, you know, um I'm also an actress, like a work as an actress, which means that sometimes I might like go on imdb and see, oh wait, there's this new film coming out and I know that I have to watch, especially if there's back leads or intereses elements. Um and yes and books is more like going to the library and stuff like there's Water Stones here. Um, so I would definitely like, I would go and just see like all the books, are there things that interest me that are going to add to my experience as a black person, but they are also going to help people understand the black community more as well. Absolutely. Because it allows us to connect so much better with the stories as well. So obviously being named one of the Tiktokers to watch a huge thing. What do you sort of think about in terms of the things you want to cover and talk about next. Is there any anything sort of on the horizon and things in the future you want to be on on your Tiktok page. I'm excited that you're asking this question because actually I pitched a passion project that is very close to my heart to Tiktok and it's coming to fruition and basically something that I've always wanted to do is create a safe space for black people and anti racist. I lines for people who appreciate black culture to be having conversations about these anti racist films, likely films and books etcetera. So because I think conversation is such an important way to learn. Like that's how you exchange ideas, opinions in. I might learn something from you that I didn't know and you might learn something from, from me that you didn't know. So that's like what my project is given that, you know, of course I can't wait to see all of this. Why Tiktok why in particular? Because look, there's so many other social platforms that are out there. You could do this on instagram, you could do this on twitter. But what makes Tiktok sort of the best place for you to do this? Well, like I said, like Tiktok is such a positive app. Like I don't like, I post stuff like that as well on instagram and Youtube, but it is a different kind of content. Like Tiktok is so just like natural authentic role. You can be yourself out there and people will accept you. It gives the platform and visit ability to anyone and you will be surprised at the amount of stuff that is on pixel. It's incredible. That's why everyone's for you page. It's so different because it's such a diverse platform. I love it. One of Tiktok's creators to watch this year, Tiktoker Miss Zay Sila. Great to have you. Here is I thanks so much for joining us. Congratulations.