Prêt pour le pachanga by Malick Sidibé is a photograph from 1965 printed as a gelatin silver print in 2008. It measures twenty-four inches by nineteen and three quarters of an inch and is hung in portrait orientation, meaning its shortest side runs parallel to the ground. The photograph is a portrait of a man. The image is in black and white. The central figure is wearing matching dark clothes. The sleeves are short and the collar is partially unbuttoned, exposing the man’s collar bone. He wears shiny black shoes. He is black with dark skin and short hair. He smiles as he looks at the viewer. In his right hand he is holding a cigarette and in his left hand he is holding the sleeve to a vinyl record. The sleeve has the word “Pachanga” printed in white along with the image of a woman. To the right of the figure there is a small and short table with a record player on top of it. There is a record playing. Underneath it there are sleeves for other records as well as a small black container. The walls of the room are white with a grey section toward the bottom. The wall closest to the record player has power outlets which are powering the record player with cables that messily drape down the wall. The far right of the composition is occupied by a door way that is dark grey. Underneath the image, the text “PRêt – pour le Pachanga – 1965 Malick Sidibe 2008” is written by the artist.