Joséphine Ouédraogo
Burkinabé sociologist
Joséphine Ouédraogo (born 22 December 1949) is a Burkinabé sociologist and politician. She served as Minister of Justice of Burkina Faso from 2014 to 2016.
Biography
Ouédraogo was born in 1949 and received her early education in Koudougou. She was brought up in the Mossi tradition. Her father, Henri Guissou, was an MP in the French Parliament for French West Africa and her mother was illiterate. After her father was named the ambassador to France, she moved to Paris in 1961. Ouédraogo attended the Institut de la Tour in Paris and she received the baccalauréat in 1968. In 1974, she earned a degree in sociology at the Paris Descartes University. After receiving her degree, Ouédraogo worked as a sociological research assistant and studied rural society, development approaches and their impact on women and peasants.
She was a supporter of Thomas Sankara but was overall not involved in politics, and was concerned by violence that had occurred as a result of Sankara's rise to power.
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