Background
Hima was born in Niamey and studied there until the bachelor level
Hima was born in Niamey and studied there until the bachelor level
In 1973, she left for France and studied ethnolinguistics at the École pratique des hautes études in Paris and got her Doctor of Philosophy in 1989 from the University Paris X on anthropology.
In 1989, she returned to Niger. In the 1980s and 1990s she shot five documentary films, becoming the first female Nigerien film director Hima worked in total over a decade as a conservator at the National Museum of Niger in Niamey, where between 1992 and 1996 she served as the director
In 1990, she was designated the national Director of Culture.
In 1996, Hima was appointed the State Secretary of Promotion of Women and Protection of Children by president Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara. Subsequently, she became Minister of Social Development of Niger, and in 1997, she was appointed the ambassador of Niger in France.
Despite the fact that Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara was killed during the 1999 military coup, she remain the ambassador in Paris until 2003. As of 2013, she had no Nigerien decorations.