Samuel Sidibé is the Director of the National Museum of Mali.
In 1975, he received a master's degree in Art History and Archaeology from the University of Clermont-Ferrand.
In 1980, he received a Ph.D. in History of African Societies from the Sorbonne.
[1] He sits on the advisory board of the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz.
[2] In 2006, Sidibé was awarded the Prince Claus Prize.