Aminu Ala
Aminu Ladan Abubakar, wanda aka fi sani da Alan Waƙa (an haife shi a ranar 11 ga watan Fabrairu, shekara ta 1973), mawaƙin Hausa ne kuma Mawallafin littattafai daga Jihar Kano ta Arewacin Najeriya.

Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
Aminu Ala ya kammala karatunsa na firamare a makarantar firamare ta Tudun Murtala tsakanin shekara ta 1980 zuwa 1986, sannan kuma ya wuce GSS Kawaji Secondary School a Dakata Kano daga 1987 zuwa 1992 a 2004. Ya ci gaba da karatunsa a Makarantar Fasaha a Kano inda ya samu difloma a shekarar 2007.

Littattafai 
An fara sanin Ala a fagen rubutun harshen Hausa kafin a san shi a fagen waka. Ala ya rubuta littattafai kusan tara ciki har da:

• Cin Zarafi

• Bakar Aniya

• Sawaba

• Cin Fuska

• Jirwaye

• Tarzoma

• Diwanin Ala

Waƙa 
Ala ya fara waƙa tun yana ɗalibi a makarantar Islamiyya a lokacin da ake koya musu addini da ilimi ta hanyar waka, ta yadda za su iya fahimta da tsarawa cikin sauki. A lokacin ne aka koya musu waƙoƙin yabo ga Annabi Muhammad, duk lokacin da watan Maulidi ya faɗi, Ala na cikin waɗanda suka hau mimbari a addinin musulunci, don karanta waƙoƙi. Ta haka ne ya cusa wa Ala sha’awar kiɗa.

Bayan Ala ya girma sai ya fara ƙoƙarin rubuta waka.

Nassoshi 

Hausawa
Mawaƙan Nijeriya
Mutane daga Kano
Mutane daga Jihar Kano