Career
Bâ was headmaster of Collège d"Enseignement Général in Bobo-Dioulasso from 1974 to 1977. On January 7, 1983 Bâ was named Cabinet Director of the Ministry of National Education, Arts and Culture, by the ruling Center for Security Policy junta. Sambo Bâ was elected to the National Assembly in the May 2007 parliamentary election as a candidate on the PDS national list.