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3 unusual facts about Malick Sidibé


Africultures

Afriphoto is a collection of books about African photographers, among which Abel Sumo Gayvolor, Isaac Hudson Bruce Vanderpuje, Ganiyu Owadi, Gerald L. Annan-Forson, Philippe Koudjina, Mamadou Konaté, Francis Nii Obodai Provençal, Paul Kabré, Germain Kiemtoré, Zaynab Toyosi Oduns, Malick Sidibé, Bill Akwa Bétoté, Omar D. and Gabriel Fasunon.

Dolce Vita Africana

Dolce Vita Africana is a documentary about the internationally renowned Malian photographer Malick Sidibé, whose iconic images from the late 1950s through the 70s captured the carefree spirit of his generation asserting their freedom after independence and up until an Islamic coup ushered in years of military dictatorship.

Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam

Recent shows with portrait or glamour photography are Photographs 1946-2004 by Richard Avedon, Chemises by Malick Sidibé, and People of the 20th Century by August Sander.



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Dolce Vita Africana

The filmmaker travels to Malick Sidibé's studio in Bamako, Mali, to witness the artist at work and meet many of the subjects of his earlier photographs, whose personal stories also tell the history of Mali.