He studied film at Institut des hautes études cinématographiques (IDHEC) and philosophy at the Sorbonne, before teaching in his home country.
His novel "La carte d'identité" (The identity card, 1980), reflection on African postcolonial cultural alienation, receives the Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire.
He obtained his CAPES and came back again in Ivory Coast in 1970 to teach philosophy in various schools and colleges including the Lycée classique d'Abidjan.
Adiaffi began his literary creation in 1969 by the publication of Yale Sonan, and after more than a decade of silence, he resumed his production in 1980 by publishing d’éclairs et de foudres (lightning and thunder), a collection of poems.
Under the general title of "Assonan Attin" (The path of release), this literature focuses on a trilogy that is constituted by novel, poetry and drama.