Adiza Sanoussi

Born on the border between Burkina Faso and Niger, she has a CAPES diploma, a Maîtrise in Physical Geography, and a Certificate of Higher Studies in Cooperative Economics. She began writing in 2001.[1] From 2004, she managed the archives of the Burkinabé Ministère des Enseignements Secondaires, Supérieurs et de la recherche Scientifique,[2] then in 2008 became head of the computer archives department in the same ministry.[3] She is currently (2016) a lecturer at the Institut Panafricain d’Etudes de Recherche sur les Médias, l’Information et la Communication (IPERMIC) of the University of Ouagadougou.[4]

She has published six books in French. They treat social problems facing African young people such as forced marriage, prostitution and rural exodus.

• 2001: Les deux maris. Paris: Editions Moreux (283 pages) ISBN 2-85112-029-8.[5][6]
• 2005: Devoir de cuissage. Ouagadougou: Editions JEL (142 pages) ISBN 2-915889-03-1.[7]
• 2010: Et Yallah s’exila. Ouagadougou: Editions JEL (161 pages) ISBN 978-2-915-88906-2.[8]
• 2012: Sopam, le duc de Liptougou. Paris: Harmattan. (184 pages) ISBN 978-2-336-00179-1.[9]
• 2013: Ciel dégagé sur Ouaga. Ouagadougou: Harmattan Burkina (146 pages) ISBN 978-2-677-92103-1.[10]
• L'Empire Lidea[11]

In 2008, she was awarded the Chevalier de l’Ordre du mérite des arts, de la culture et de la communication, at the Ouagadougou International Book Fair.[12]