Kadiatou Konaré

In 2001, Konaré founded the publishing house Cauris Livres, which has published award-winning authors such as Tierno Monénembo and Kidi Bebey, and in 2006 she settled permanently in Mali. The publishing house is also known for promoting African figures aimed at teenagers as well as children's stories.^[1][2]

She has co-authored cultural, tourist and artistic guides on Mali and other countries in the region and has also been Haiti's honorary consul in Mali.^[1]

Konaré is also a cultural promoter and women's rights activist. In 2010, she organised Nuit de Haïtiin tribute to the victims of the earthquake that devastated the country in 2010 and promoted the work Mars des femmes, chronique d’une révolution malienne (March of Women, Chronicle of a Malian Revolution), directed by Ramata Diaouré.^[1]

Following the successful 2020 coup d'état, Kadiatou Konaré was appointed to Prime Minister Moctar Ouane's transitional government as Minister of Culture, Crafts and Tourism on 6 October 2020 and retained her portfolio during the ministerial reshuffle in May 2021, and until the 2021 coup d'état against President Bah N'Daw and Ouane's government.^[3][4][5]

On 3 March 2005 married Tiébilé Dramé, 20 years her older, with whom she had 12 children. He died on 12 August 2025.^[1]