Monique Ilboudo

Monique Ilboudo was born in 1959 in Ouagadougou. She studied law at the University of Ouagadougou, then defended a doctorate in France, and was the first woman to teach in the law faculty of the University of Ouagadougou. From 1992 to 1995 she wrote a column in L'Observateur Paalga, founded the Qui-vive observatory and joined the government in 2002, as secretary of state and then minister for the promotion of human rights. Other novels followed from 2000.

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• NovelLe Mal de peauMonique Ilboudo · 1992not translated into EnglishLiterature