The new release “Bamako*Chicago Sound System” (FPE Records) opens like the master-shot sequence of a documentary about a community, as its members settle in together.

Igor Gromyko recalled that today there are three partner Russian Houses operating in Bamako and Niamey, the capital of Niger, which are engaged in promoting Russian culture, science and education, ...

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) Malian photographer Malick Sidibe, whose black-and-white images captured popular culture in 1960s Bamako, has died, his son said Friday. Sidibe was 80 years old. The photographer ...