Bernadette Sanou Dao

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Bernadette Sanou Dao (born 25 February 1952 in Bamako, French Sudan) is a Burkinabé author and politician.^[1] 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.^[1] From 1986 to 1987 she was Burkina Faso's Minister for Culture. She lives in Ouagadougou.^[1] She writes poetry, short-stories and children's stories.^[2]