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Awa (given Name)
Awa (or Hawa) is an African feminine given name derived from ''Eve'', Notable people with the name include: * Awa Marie Coll Seck (born 1951), Senegalese Executive Director of The Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Partnership * Awa Dioum-Ndiaye (born 1961), Senegalese retired female track and field athlete * Awa Gueye (born August 1978), Senegalese women's basketball player * Awa Santesson-Sey (born 1997), Swedish singer Hawa * Hawa Ghasia, Tanzanian politician * Hawa Yakubu (1948–2007), Ghanaian politician * Zainab Hawa Bangura, Sierra Leona politician Awa is also a New Zealand Māori word that means 'river' often used in given names or part of a name. It can appear in both female and male names. An example of this name use is; Te Awanui Reeder from the band Nesian Mystik Nesian Mystik was a New Zealand Hip hop music, hip-hop/Contemporary R&B, R&B group which formed in 1999. The cultural backgrounds of its members united a remarkable diversity of Polynesia by bringing together Cook I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awa Marie Coll Seck
Awa Marie Coll-Seck (born 1951 in Dakar, Senegal) is as Senegalese infectious diseases specialist and politician who served as Minister of Health of Senegal from 2001 to 2003 and again from 2012 to 2017. She also served as former Executive Director of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership and is on the board of directors of several notable global health organizations. She is an agenda contributor of the World Economic Forum. Education and publications After earning a degree in medicine in 1978 from the University of Dakar, Coll-Seck served for nearly twenty years as a specialist in infectious diseases in leading hospitals in Dakar, Senegal and Lyon, France. In 1989, she was appointed Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases at the University of Dakar and Chief of Service for Infectious Diseases at the University Hospital in Dakar. Coll-Seck is the author of over 150 scientific publications and communications on diverse subjects (including malaria, measles, meningitis, tetanus, ty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awa Dioum-Ndiaye
Awa Dioum-Ndiaye (also spelled N'Diaye; born 21 November 1961) is a retired track and field athlete from Senegal who competed in the hurdling, high jump and the heptathlon events during her career in the 1980s. She is best known for winning the gold medal in the women's high jump contest at the 1987 All-Africa Games. She was twice winner at the African Championships in Athletics The African Championships in Athletics is a continental athletics event organized by the Confederation of African Athletics (CAA), the continental association for the sport in Africa. Since its inaugural edition in 1979 it was at first organised ..., winning in 1984 and 1985—the first athlete to win it twice. International competitions External links * 1961 births Living people Senegalese female hurdlers Senegalese female high jumpers Senegalese heptathletes Heptathletes Senegalese female athletes African Games gold medalists for Senegal African Games medalists in athletics (track ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awa Gueye
Awa (or variants) may refer to: People * Awa (given name), notable people named Awa or Hawa * Awá (Brazil), an indigenous people of Brazil * Awa-Kwaiker, an indigenous people of Colombia and Ecuador Languages * Awa language (China) or Wa (Va) language, language of the Wa people of Burma and China * Awa language (Papua New Guinea), a Kainantu language of Papua New Guinea * Awa Pit language, a Barbacoan language spoken by the Awa-Kwaiker people in Colombia and Ecuador * Awadhi language (ISO 639 code: awa), an Eastern Hindi language spoken in northern India * Guajá language or Awá, the language of the Awá people of Brazil * Khumi language or Awa, a Kukish language of Burma Music * Awa (musician) or Leena Peisa (born 1979), Finish musician * AWA (singer) or Awa Santesson-Sey (born 1997), Swedish singer * A-WA, Israeli hip-hop and world music band Places * Awa, Tokushima, Japan, a town * Awa District, Chiba, Japan, a modern geographical administrative division * Awa District, Tok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Awa Santesson-Sey
Awa Matilda Isakine Santesson-Sey (born 6 July 1997), known professionally as AWA, is a Swedish singer based in London. Her father is Senegalese, her mother Swedish. At age 12, deciding she wanted to study classical music, she applied to and later attended Adolf Fredrik's Music School in Stockholm. Career AWA was the winner of the first series of the Swedish version of ''The X Factor'' in 2012, at age 15. In 2013, she won a Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award and released the single "Not Ready to Say Goodbye". Taking her time to work out her sound, she released the single "Obvious" in 2015. During this time, AWA worked with producers and collaborators including Aston Rudi and Show N Prove Show N Prove, born Ellis Taylor, is a Scottish music producer, DJ and musical artist from Edinburgh, Scotland. Music production career Show N Prove's career began when working with local acts in the Edinburgh hip hop scene in the early 2000 .... In 2019, AWA was signed to Columbia Records. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawa Ghasia
Hawa Abdulrahman Ghasia (born 10 January 1966) is a Tanzanian politician belonging to the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party and a three-term Member of Parliament for Mtwara Rural constituency since 2005. She is the former Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office for Regional Administration and Local Government. Background Ghasia was born on 10 January 1966. She completed her schooling at Ndanda Secondary School in 1989. She received an advanced diploma from the Institute of Development Management - Mzumbe in 1995. She received her master's degree from the Sokoine University of Agriculture in 2003. She had a long career as an economic planner working for the Mtwara town council and the Maasai district council between 1992 and 2005. Political career Ghasia was nominated as the CCM candidate for Mtwara Rural District in the 2005 parliamentary election, receiving 529 votes and defeating four other candidates for the nomination, including Juma Chinavati with 372 vote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawa Yakubu
Hawa Yakubu Ogede (24 March 1948 – 20 March 2007) was a Ghanaian politician. She was a Member of Parliament in the Fourth Republic of Ghana and also served as Minister for Tourism. Early life and education Hawa Yakubu was born at Tarkwa in the Western Region (Ghana), Western Region of Ghana. She is a native of Pusiga (district), Pusiga in the Upper East Region. Hawa Yakubu being a member of the Bissa people, Bissa ethnic group, was a founding member of the annual Zekula festival. Yakubu had her early education at Zebilla Middle School and her secondary education at the Navrongo Senior High School, Navrongo Secondary School. She had her tertiary education at the Accra Polytechnic (now the Accra Technical University) where she obtained her diploma in Institutional Management. Career Prior to entering politics, Yakubu was a Domestic Bursar, domestic bursar and a businesswoman. She worked as the bursar. Political career In 1979, Yakubu was elected unopposed to her local cou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zainab Hawa Bangura
Haja Zainab Hawa Bangura (; born 18 December 1959) is a Sierra Leonean politician and social activist who has been serving as the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON) since 2018, appointed by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. She served as the second United Nations Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict with the rank of Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations from 2012 to 2017, in succession to the first holder of the post, Margot Wallström. In 2017 she was succeeded by Pramila Patten."Secretary-General Appoints Zainab Hawa Bangura of Sierra Leone Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict" UN.org, Secretary-General, SG/A/1354, BIO/4378, 22 June 2012. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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