Since 1996, Camara has combined his profession as a creator and teacher at the National School of Arts in Dakar,  where he began his training in 1972 prior to studying at the École Normale Supérieure de Cachan (ENS) in Cachan, France. Camara received the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de la République Française. His work has been shown internationally in Italy, France, Denmark, Belgium, the UK and extensively in Senegal.