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. 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. References 1952 births Living people Burkinabé poets Burkinabé short story writers Burkinabé women writers Burkinabé writers in French Ohio University alumni University of Paris alumni Burkinabé people of Malian descent Women government ministers of Burkina Faso Culture ministers of Burkina Faso People from Bamako People from Ouagadougou Burkinabé women short story writers Burkinabé women poets 20th-century women politicians 20th-century women writers 20th-century writers 21st-century women writers Burkinabé expatriates in France Burkinabé expatriates in the United States 21st-century Burkinabé people