At the age of fourteen she moved to N’Djamena, where she was employed as a radio announcer, due to her knowledge of both French and Arabic.
[1] In 1973, Dordji became considered as an enemy of the state, as she had named one of her daughters after the politician Kalthouma Nguembang, who President François Tombalbaye had accused of trying to use witchcraft against him.
She was imprisoned and then subsequently detained by police for over twenty-one months,[1] although she was never formally charged with criminal activities.
[2] In 1975, Félix Malloum overthrew Tombalbaye, and Dordji's husband was appointed Ambassador to Libya in the new government.
[1] In the 1990s, under the new government of Idriss Déby, Dordji returned to Chad - working first as a radio presenter, then subsequently as a businesswoman.