This is a list of Malian writers. *

Ahmad Baba al Massufi Aḥmad Bābā al-Timbuktī (), full name Abū al-Abbās Aḥmad ibn Aḥmad ibn Aḥmad ibn Umar ibn Muhammad Aqit al-Takrūrī Al-Massufi al-Timbuktī (1556 – 1627 CE, 963 – 1036 H), was a Sanhaja Berber writer, scholar, and politi ...

(1556–1627), writer and scholar. * Abdoulaye Ascofaré (1949– ), poet and filmmaker. *

Ibrahima Aya Ibrahima Aya (born 10 October 1967 in Goundam, Mali) is a Malian writer. Biography Ibrahima Aya studied agronomy in the Moldavian SSR. He became an agronomist, notable for an integrated lake development project, and a consultant for the organis ...

(1967– ) *

Amadou Hampâté Bâ Amadou Hampâté Bâ ( ff, 𞤀𞤸𞤥𞤢𞤣𞤵 𞤖𞤢𞤥𞤨𞤢𞥄𞤼𞤫 𞤄𞤢𞥄, Ahmadu Hampaate Baa, 1900/1901 – 15 May 1991) was a Malian writer, historian and ethnologist. He was an influential figure in twentieth-cent ...

(1900/1901–1991), historian, theologian, ethnographer, novelist and autobiographer. *

Adame Ba Konaré Adame Ba Konaré (born 1 May 1947 in Segu, Mali) is a Malian historian and writer who is married to Alpha Oumar Konaré, former President of Mali. She is active in several causes for newborns and refugees. Life Adame Ba Konaré was born in Ség ...

(1947– ), historian and writer. *

Seydou Badian Kouyaté Seydou Badian Kouyaté (April 10, 1928 – December 28, 2018) was a Malian writer and politician. He wrote the lyrics to the Malian national anthem, "Le Mali". Early life and education Born in Bamako, Kouyaté studied medicine at the University ...

(1928–2018), novelist and politician. * Siriman Cissoko (1934– ), poet. * Sidiki Dembele (1921– ), novelist and playwright. *

Massa Makan Diabaté Massa Makan Diabaté (June 12, 1938 – January 27, 1988) was a Malian historian, author, and playwright. Biography Born in 1938 in Kita, Massa Makan Diabaté was the descendant of a long line of West African poets (griots). His uncle, Kélé ...

(1938–1988), historian, author and playwright. *

Souéloum Diagho Souéloum Diagho, the contemporary Tuareg poet, comes from Tessalit in the North of Mali. His father is a Tuareg and his mother a Fula.In french: Peul; in ff, Fulɓe. He is married and lived for a time in Belgium. He is author and editor of the 20 ...

, poet. * Aïda Mady Diallo, novelist and director. * Aly Diallo, French-language novelist first published in German translation. * Alpha Mandé Diarra (1954– ) * Oumou Armand Diarra (1967– ), born in

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. * Doumbi Fakoly (1944– ), non-fiction writer *

Aïcha Fofana Aïcha Aminata Laïla Fofana (1957 – 10 August 2003) was a Malian translator and author. With ''Mariage: on copie'' (1994), she became the first woman in Mali to publish a novel. A women's rights activist, her writings are aimed at improving th ...

(1957–2003), first female Malian novelist * Mamadou Gologo (c.1924– ), autobiographical novelist and poet. *

Aoua Kéita Aoua Kéita (12 July 1912 in Bamako, French Sudan – 7 May 1980 in Bamako, Mali) was a Malian independence activist, politician and writer. Biography She was born in Bamako in what was then French Sudan. Her father, Karamogo Kéita, was from Guin ...

(1912–1980), independence activist and autobiographer. * Fatoumata Keïta (1977– ), poet, novelist, essayist. *

Moussa Konaté Moussa Konaté (1951 – 30 November 2013) was a Malian writer who was born in Kita. He died in Limoges on 30 November 2013. A graduate in Humanities at Mali's Ecole Normale Supérieure of Bamako, he was a teacher for several years before turn ...

(1951–2013), French-language writer. *

Ibrahima Mamadou Ouane Ibrahima is a male given name, a form of Ibrahim common in parts of Western Africa. Notable people with the name include: * Ibrahima Aya (born 1967), Malian writer * Ibrahima Bakayoko (born 1976), Ivorian footballer * Ibrahima Bangoura (born 1982 ...

(1908– ), writer. *

Yambo Ouologuem Yambo Ouologuem (August 22, 1940 – October 14, 2017) was a Malian writer. His first novel, ''Le devoir de violence'' (English: ''Bound to Violence'', 1968), won the Prix Renaudot. He later published ''Lettre à la France nègre'' (1969), and '' ...

(1940–2017), novelist. *

Bernadette Sanou Dao Bernadette Sanou Dao (born 25 February 1952 in Bamako, French Sudan) is a Burkinabé author and politician. At age 11, her family returned to Upper Volta from Mali. She attended Kolog-Naba college in Ouagadougou and later Ohio University in th ...

(1952– ), author and politician. *

Fily Dabo Sissoko Fily Dabo Sissoko was a Malian writer and political leader, born 15 May 1900 at Horokoto (French Soudan, now in Mali's Bafoulabé Cercle). He died 30 June 1964, imprisoned at Kidal. Fily Dabo Sissoko is chiefly remembered as one of the most infl ...

(1900–1964), poet. * Fanta-Taga Tembely (1946– ), French-language novelist. *

Aminata Traoré Aminata Dramane Traoré (born 1947) is a Malian author, politician, and political activist. She served as the Minister of Culture and Tourism of Mali from 1997 to 2000 and also worked as coordinator of the United Nations Development Programme. ...

(1942– ), author, politician and political activist. *

Falaba Issa Traoré Falaba Issa Traoré (1930 – August 8, 2003) was a Malian writer, comedian, playwright, and theatre and film director. Born in Bougouni, Traoré directed an amateur theater troupe before taking over direction of the regional troupe of Bamako be ...

(1930–2003), writer, comedian, playwright and director.

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