ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈɪfti sˈɛvən, ʃiː wɛnt ˌɔn ɐ mˈɪʃən ɪn fɹˈɛntʃ ˌʌpɚ vˈoʊltə ˈæktʃuːəl bɜːkˈiːnə fˈɑːsoʊ wɪððɪ ˌænθɹəpəlˈɑːɡ mˈɪtʃəl ˈɪzɚd, hˈuːm ʃiː wʊd mˈæɹi lˈeɪɾɚ.
In 1957, she went on a mission in French Upper Volta (actual Burkina Faso) with the anthropologue Michel Izard, whom she would marry later.