Moussa KALAPO was born in 1983 in Bamako, Mali
He enrolled in 2010 at the Training Center in Photography (CFP) of Bamako.

Then he studied documentary photography at the Market Photo Workshop photo school in Johannesburg

KALAPO has carried out photo reporting trips of NGOs such as: Swiss-contact, One Word, Spana UK, Water-Aid.
And societies. Such as: Safran-France, Jumbo-Mali company, Sama Transport Mali / Ivory Coast, Eagle EYE, He also participated in photo workshops and group exhibitions in Mali, Africa, and France.

KALAPO, working on the Malian photography archives project, for conservation, digitization and archiving of the legacy of famous African photographers. (Such as: Malick SIDIBE, Abderrahmane SAKALY, Tijane SITOU, Adama KOUYATE, Mamadou CISSE and Felix DIALLO).

Geek: For the Donkosira association, which aims to: Collect and disseminate local knowledge and regional cultures in West Africa through new information technologies, Promote and highlight the regional cultural heritage in Africa of west.

• For several years, he has distinguished himself by winning several prestigious awards such as:
  
  -Photo contest prize «How is Africa different? »Of the information portal www.afriquinfos.com in 2011
  
  -Price of the best sale of images on Gettyimages (Bamako Photography Training Center) 2011
  
  -Winner of the 2 nd Prix de l'innovation at the 3rd edition of Quinzaine de la photographie in Benin.
  
  -Winner of the Tierney Foundation -Bamako Awards in collaboration with Market Photo Workshop. 2015
  
  -Winner of the 8th Games of the Francophonie Abidjan in 2016
  
  -Second prize of the Wiki-loves Africa photo contest at the Bamako manuscript fair 2017-2018

-Third prize of the inter-biennial photography of Mali-2019