Djibo Yacouba attended school first in Téra, his hometown, and later in Niamey, where he attended the Regional School and then the Higher Primary School. The need to further his education led him to Dakar, where he attended the École normale William-Ponty from 1940 to 1943, specializing in teaching. Exempted from military service, he worked as an assistant teacher and was assigned as an administrator at the Professional School and the Normal Course in Niamey. After Niamey, he taught in other cities in Niger. Among his extracurricular activities, theater holds a prominent place. He, along with Mahamane Dan Dobi, Souleymane Ly, and Zada Niandou, significantly influenced the theatrical life in urban centers of Niger in the 1940s and 1950s. He wrote a play titled Le Marché noir which addressed the issues of urban life in Africa.[2] These years were also marked by his intense involvement in politics, particularly the independence struggles.