Five Photographers from Mali

The West African country of Mali has long been home to a creative community of photographers, many based in urban studios. This exhibition explores five exemplary practitioners of the art of photography --Mamadou Cissé, Adama Kouyaté, Abdourahmane Sakaly, Malick Sidibé, and Tijani Sitou—spanning the period from the 1940s to the 1990s. 

Their works document the region’s transition from colonial French West Africa to the independent nation state of Mali, and feature portraits, landscapes and cityscapes. The exhibition is anchored in the collaborative Malian-US partnership The Archive of Malian Photography, and is curated by Dr. Candace Keller, Associate Professor in the MSU Department of Art, Art History and Design.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website