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 organisation for Malian aid and development, Aide et Développement au Mali

Ibrahima Aya
Born10 October 1967
Goundam, Mali
NationalityMalian
Known forAgronomy, lake development project

. Since 2001, he has worked as an independent consultant.[1][2]

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. 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.[3]

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")
gollark: brb checking storage for 28 logs
gollark: merged into the yemmel hive mind
gollark: My old alt, why?
gollark: Yemmel is all three.
gollark: They're the same person with names which don't *quite* match if reversed.

References
  1. http://www.sudplanete.net/?menu=pers&no=6124
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 22 February 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://www.africultures.com/php/index.php?nav=evenement&no=3608


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