Mariama Barry Ta kasan ce marubuciya ce kuma 'yar asalin kasar Senegal, wacce ta kware a fannin tatsuniyoyin rayuwar mutum. An haife ta ne a Dakar, ta yi shekaru yarintar ta a Guinea kafin ta zauna a Faransa, inda ita ma lauya ce. Littafinta na farko, La petite Peule, an buga shi a shekara ta 2000, sannan ta fassara shi zuwa turanci a shekara ta 2010 a matsayin The Little Peul . An haifi Mariama Barry a Dakar, babban birnin kasar Senegal. Yarinta a can ta wahala. Saboda an haife ta a babban birni, sai baffaninta suka mata lakabi da ndjouddou, yaron da aka haifa a wata ƙasa wacce ba ta san ƙa'idodi da al'adun Fulawa na Fouta Djallon ba, inda iyayenta suka samo asali. An yi mata kaciya. Bayan wasu shekaru, iyayenta suka sake aure, kuma mahaifiyarta ta bar yaran tare da mahaifinta. Da yake ita ce babba a cikin yara bakwai, an tilasta mata ta dauki nauyin kula da gida, wanda hakan ya kawo mata cikas ga karatun ta. Lokacin da Barry ke budurwa, mahaifinta ya ƙaura zuwa Guinea .