Malick Sidibé: Bamako Nights

Malick Sidibé: Bamako Nights at the Nicéphore Niépce Museum. "...The country is Mali, the time the sixties. In the festive atmosphere of a newly-independent country, a young photographer Malick Sidibé would travel from wedding to party on his bicycle. It was the time of the yéyés, the twist and pop singles and his shots exude the insouciance of the era. His portraits were taken in seconds using a flash, fixing the spontaneity of a euphoric youth searching for its place in a changing society."