Ɗan Maraya Jos yana ɗaya daga cikin fitattun mawaƙa a ƙasar hausa.. An haifi Adamu Dan Maraya a shekarar 1946 a garin B'ukur da ke cikin jihar Plateau. Bayan rasuwar uwayensa, aka fara kiransa Dan Maraya (an orphan) watau Wanda mahaifinsa ya rasu. Da na kumshe da labaru a kan waƙoƙi ɗan rayuwar ɗan Maraya Jos, ɗan Maraya ya yi suna kwarai a arewacin Najeriya, Nijer, Gana da Kamaru. Yawancin waƙoƙin ɗan Maraya suna bayani ne a kan al'amurra na yau da kullum da ke fuskantar mutane a ƙasar Hausa.Ya mutu ran asabar 20 2015. Kaɗan daga cikin waƙoƙinsa su ne: Talakawa Mai Akwai Da Babu Waƙar Sana'a Gangar Malamai Siyasa Haƙuri Malalaci Duniya Ina Ruwan Wani Isahara Waƙar Aure Bob Guy Furniss, Graham. (1996). Poetry, prose and popular culture in Hausa. International African Institute. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press for the International African Institute. ISBN 978-1-4744-6829-9. OCLC 648578425. The Sokoto Caliphate : history and legacies, 1804-2004. Bobboyi, H., Yakubu, Mahmood. (1st ed ed.). Kaduna, Nigeria: Arewa House. 2006. ISBN 978-135-166-7. OCLC 156890366.