Camara earned a degree in
English from the
University of Abidjan and an Advanced Studies Certificate in Education from
Lancaster University in
England. Camara is a professional high-level
handball player and a two-time champion of Côte d'Ivoire in 1974 and 1980 and won the
African Cup of Champion Clubs in 1981 with ASC Bouaké. From 1983 to 1986, she taught English at the Modern College, de
Cocody and at Treich-la-Plène College. She worked as a specialist English teacher at the Abidjan professional
hotel school from 1986 to 2002. She was a member of the national office of the National Union of Secondary Teachers of Côte d'Ivoire (SYNESCI) from 1987 to 1991 and a member of the Association of Women Teachers of Francophone Africa from 1989 to 1991. She was secretary general of the national office of the Union des femmes du PDCI (UFPDCI) and a municipal councillor at the town hall of Cocody between 1990 and 1994. In 1994, she became the Secretary General of the Rassemblement des Femmes Républicaines (RFR) until 1998 when she assumed the office of the national president of the organisation before resigning in May 2006. Camara became
Deputy mayor of the Municipality of
Abobo in 2001 and served in this office until 2003, when she was appointed Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of the Government of National Reconciliation and Transition and remained in this position until 2010. In 2014, she was appointed Minister of National Education. She served as
minister of foreign affairs in the
Achi I government and
Achi II government. == References ==