Sidibé (1935–2016) was by his own recollection an excellent draughtsman, and received acclaim for his talents at school. He ...

BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali bid a final farewell on Saturday to Malick Sidibe, an award-winning photographer considered a national treasure for his unique studio portraits and candid black-and-white ...

Flared-leg pants, oversized glasses and hats. Unflinchingly proud expressions. Groovy dance moves. This was the youth culture of 1960s and 1970s Bamako, the capital city of Mali. And it was captured ...

His death marks the end of a remarkable era in African and world photography. Tributes continue to flood in for celebrated Malian portrait photographer Malick Sidibe, who died of complications from ...

The west African nation of Mali gained independence from France in 1960, when photographer Malick Sidibé was either 24 or 25—he’s not sure what year he was born. Sidibé says he grew up a “peasant ...

Syracuse, N.Y. – Bourama Sidibe’s life journey has taken him from his home in Mali to a boarding school in the Canary Islands to a private school in Newark, New Jersey, and eventually to Syracuse ...

From humble beginnings in Mali's capital Bamako, Sidibe, who died at the age of 80 on Thursday, rose over the course of a career that spanned six decades to become one of Africa's most decorated ...