Malick Sidibé, Somerset House 2016

The late Malick Sidibé is Mali's most famous photographer. His iconic black and white images from the 60s and 70s documented the pop culture of a country loosening its belt. Nightclubs, midnight swims, barefooted girls in babydoll dresses dance the twist_{: these images capture the freedom of a newly independent mali'}

"We were entering a new era, and people wanted to dance," Sidibé said "Music freed us. Suddenly, young men could get close to young women, hold them in their hands."

This autumn, Somerset House present the first solo exhibition in the UK of the Sidibe's work.