Ibrahima Aya (born 10 October 1967 in

Goundam Goundam is a commune and town in north central Mali Mali, officially the Republic of Mali, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is the List of African countries by area, eighth-largest country in Africa, with an area of over . The cou ...

, Mali) is a Malian writer.

Biography

Ibrahima Aya studied

agronomy Agronomy is the science and technology of producing and using plants by agriculture for food, fuel, fiber, chemicals, recreation, or land conservation. Agronomy has come to include research of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, and ...

in the

Moldavian SSR The Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic or Moldavian SSR (, mo-Cyrl, Република Советикэ Сочиалистэ Молдовеняскэ), also known as the Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic, Moldovan SSR, Soviet Moldavia, Sovie ...

. He became an

agronomist An agriculturist, agriculturalist, agrologist, or agronomist (abbreviated as agr.) is a professional in the science, practice, and management of agriculture and agribusiness. It is a regulated profession in Canada, India, the Philippines, the Uni ...

, notable for an integrated lake development project, and a consultant for the organisation for Malian aid and development, Aide et Développement au Mali. Since 2001, he has worked as an independent consultant. In addition to his development work Ibrahima Aya devotes himself to writing. In 2001, he published ''Le vieux pagne'' ("The Old Pagne"), and in 2002 ''Riche ou pauvre pour un mois'' ("Rich or Poor For a Month"). Since July 2002, he contributes monthly to the Malian daily ''

L'Essor (fr. ''Progress'') is the state-owned national daily newspaper published in Bamako, Mali. Its motto is "''La Voix du Peuple''" ("The Voice of the People"). History was first published in 1949, and from 1953 was the official publication of the ...

''. Some of his writings describe an imaginary world pieced together from various facts; others portray ordinary village goings-on. An anthology of his work has been compiled. Ibrahima Aya is president of the association ''La Jeune Société du Savoir'' ("The young society of knowledge"). She participated in Retour de Bamako III.

Bibliography

* ''Le vieux pagne'' ("The Old Pagne") (Jamana, 2001) * ''Riche ou pauvre pour un mois'' ("Rich or Poor For a Month") (Jamana, 2002) * ''Les larmes de Djoliba'' ("Djoliba's Tears")

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"L'essentiel d'un livre: Dans les bas-fonds de l’Afrique nouvelle", ''rfi''
1967 births Living people Malian non-fiction writers Agronomists People from Tombouctou Region 21st-century Malian people {{Mali-writer-stub