Ibrahima Aya (born 10 October 1967 in

Goundam Goundam is a commune and town in north central Mali, in the Tombouctou Region. It is the capital of Goundam Cercle, one of five subdivisions of the Region. In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 16,253. The main ethnic groups are So ...

, 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 ( ro, Republica Sovietică Socialistă Moldovenească, Moldovan Cyrillic: ) was one of the 15 republics of the Soviet Union which existed from 1940 to 1991. The republic was formed on 2 August 1940 ...

. 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 ...

, 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 The wrapper, lappa, or pagne is a colorful garment widely worn in West Africa by both men and women. It has formal and informal versions and varies from simple draped clothing to fully tailored ensembles. The formality of the wrapper depends on th ...

"), 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 ''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 ''L'Essor'' was first published in 1949, and from 1953 was the officia ...

''. 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")

References

External links

"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