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Our ‘Studio Bamako’ editorial pays tribute to the late Malick Sidibé, the father of African photography who passed last year, and remains our forever inspiration.

Born in Mali around 1935, Sidibe had no idea what life had in store for him.

It’s in the 1960s when the Cha Cha music and Rock ‘N’ Roll hit Mali that Malick found his calling ; taking stunning photographs of teenagers dancing to the music late at night.

And because it was frowned upon to dance suggestively (with the opposite sex) everyone would wait until dusk to go to the discos and get their groove on.

And Sidibé was always there to capture every moment.

These stunning shots portrayed a country that had just gained its independence, and the freedom that came with it.

Self-taught, he would watch Gerard Guillat taking photographs and try to understand the basic concepts.

Within no time, he could handle the camera so well, that he started getting offical invitations to dinners, balls and big colonial even