"[3] Ilboudo explains that in Burkina Faso, as in many African societies, men retain control over sexual relations.

[4] Polygamy with the goal of reproduction and casual unprotected sex by the men exposes the women to a high risk of HIV/AIDS.

[6] She was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Burkina Faso to the Nordic and Baltic countries.

In April 2011, Burkina Faso established diplomatic relations with Latvia, and in October 2012 Ilboudo presented her credentials to Latvian President Andris Bērziņš.

[9]Ilboudo received the national first prize for Best Novel with her 1992 Le Mal de Peau (The Ill of the Skin).

The young woman travels to Paris in search of her father, and falls in love with a white man.

Trying to overcome her complex and return to normal life, she and her husband visit the memorial site at Murambi.