Mali: Sirandou Diawara
Born in 1974 in France, Sirandou Diawara is a Franco-Malian architect, one of the first qualified professional women architects in Mali, and the founder and CEO of So Da Architecture, an architectural practice founded in France in 2005 and relocated to Bamako, Mali, in 2010. She studied architecture at L’École d’Architecture de Charenton in Charenton, France and at L’École Supérieure d’Architecture de Paris-La Villette in Paris, France. She worked in various architectural firms in Europe prior to establishing So DA Architecture. She was named as one of the “11 Women Architects Who Are Redefining Urban Architecture in Africa” by African Shapers magazine (2020), and a Laureate of Choiseul 100 Africa.
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