Bernadette Sanou Dao
Bernadette Sanou Dao (born 25 February 1952 in Bamako, French Sudan) is a Burkinabé author and politician. At age 11, her family returned to Upper Volta from Mali. She attended Kolog-Naba college in Ouagadougou and later Ohio University in the United States and the Sorbonne in Paris, France.
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- Name
- Bernadette Sanou Dao
- Born
- 25 February 1952
- Birthplace
- Bamako, French Sudan
- Education
- Ohio University
- Occupation
- author and politician
- Known for
- Poetry, short-stories and children's stories
- Nationality
- Burkina Faso and Mali.
- Languages
- French.
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Bernadette Sanou Dao (born 25 February 1952 in Bamako, French Sudan) is a Burkinabé author and politician. At age 11, her family returned to Upper Volta from Mali. She attended Kolog-Naba college in Ouagadougou and later Ohio University in the United States and the Sorbonne in Paris, France.
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Biography
Biography
From 1986 to 1987, she was Burkina Faso's Minister for Culture. She lives in Ouagadougou. She writes poetry, short stories, and children's stories.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Bernadette Sanou Dao • Born — 25 February 1952 • Birthplace — Bamako, French Sudan • Education — Ohio University • Occupation — author and politician • Known for — Poetry, short-stories and children's stories
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
She also worked under the name Mâh Dao. The authorities additionally record the headings Bernadette Dao, Bernadette Sanou-Dao, Sanou Bernadette Dao, Bernadette Dao Sanou and Bernadette Sanou. Her recorded language was French.
Identity
Identity
Bernadette Sanou Dao is recorded as writer, politician, teacher and poet.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1952
Bernadette Sanou Dao born at Bamako.
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Ouagadougou.
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Bamako.
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Literature
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- 1.harvsp Angèle Ouédraogo 2003
- 2.Historical Dictionary of Burkina Faso. Scarecrow Press. 2013. 978-0-8108-6770-3.
- 3.harvsp Herzberger-Fofana 2000
- 4.84-85.
- 5.Dao, Bernadette. e-man CARTOMAC : Archives littéraires d'Afrique et de la Caraïbe.
- 6.Chapitre auteur1= titre chapitre=Une femme comme il faut. Bernadette Dao Sanou titre ouvrage=Des femmes écrivent l'Afrique: L'Afrique de l'Ouest et le Sahel lieu=Paris éditeur=éditions Karthala année=2007 isbn=978-2-84586-853-3 lire en ligne=https://books.google.fr/books?id=xyHZSvTKw9cC&pg=PA506&lpg=PA506&dq=%22bernadette+sanou+dao%22+-wiki+%C3%A9meraudes&source=bl&ots=_Wjy9YLtTX&sig=w2p58TsillJG6Hvf1unJoYPn98A&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiSzd-Ak4XaAhWJuhQKHR55Cs0Q6AEIXzAN#v=onepage&q=%22bernadette%20sanou%20dao%22%20-wiki%20%C3%A9meraudes&f=false passage=507-509 .
- 7.Boris Noah, Lakalita. Mots d’Elles - Association des Écrivaines Burkinabè. Lakalitamagazine. 2022-05-17.
- 8.New Griottes of the African Sahel: Intersectionalities and Women’s Narrative Authority in Sanou Bernadette Dao’s La Dernière èpouse & Aïcha Fofona’s Mariage on Copie. Advances in Literary Study. 4. 54-66.> lire en. 2016.
- 9.Bernadette Sanou Dao.Parturition. Ethic village. 19 juillet 2010.
- 10.harvsp Yaméogo 2017 p= id=
- 11.Quelqu'un à la porte. Fasocinéma. Association des critiques de cinéma du Burkina. 17 mars 2016.
- 12.La Crèche du petit Mohammed. Takam Tikou. juillet 2013.
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