Clubs with glamorous names like “Les Cyclones”, “Les Monkees” or “Les Chats Sauvages” were constantly sprouting up and were all the rage. Surprise parties in the evenings, river Niger on hot Sundays, football championships, boxing matches, and all sorts of events that Sidibé illustrated with moving photographs, lively snapshots, and leisure poses. Sidibé’s photography studio itself became a hip hangout for Bamako’s youth. Being a real inside-scenester, Sidibé was entrusted by his clients to photograph them at all times.