Malick Sidibé was born into a Peul family in a small village of Mali in 1935, and he died in Bamako in 2016. He graduated from school in I952. After being noticed for his talent as a draftsman, he was admitted to the School of Sudanese Craftsmen in Bamako from which he graduated in I955.He decorated the
Malick Sidibé var en malisk fotograf som fanget Maliets transformasjon etter kolonitiden med et unikt blikk på liv og glede. Hans ikoniske svart-hvitt bilder dokumenterer ungdomskultur, musikk og frihet – en viktig del av afrikansk kunsthistorie.