Traoré started her career with 1995 film L'enfant noir. Then she acted as the 'huntress' in the 1993 short film Denko directed by Mohamed Camara. The film received critical acclaim and won the Grand Prix at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival,[2] the award for Best Short film at the Fribourg International Film Festival and the Golden Danzante award at the Huesca Film Festival.[3]