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Diawara (other)
Diawara may refer to: Place * Diawara, Senegal People with the surname Diawara is the French transcription of a surname of Manding origin (the English transcription is Jawara). Notable people with this name include: *Abdoulaye Diawara (born 1981), Ivorian footballer *Abdoulaye Diawara (footballer born 1983) (born 1983), French-born Malian footballer, brother of Fousseni and Samba * Abdourahamane Diawara (born 1978), Guinean swimmer *Amadou Diawara (born 1997), Guinean footballer *Ange Diawara (1941–1973), Congolese politician and military figure *Baba Diawara (born 1988), Senegalese football striker *Daba Diawara (born 1951), Malian politician *Diéné Diawara (born 1988), Malian basketball player, sister of Lamine and Nare * Djeli Moussa Diawara (aka Jali Musa Jawara; born 1962), a Guinean musician * Djibril Diawara (born 1975), French-Senagalese footballer *Fatoumata Diawara (born 1982), Malian folk musician *Fousseni Diawara (born 1980), French-born Malian footballer, brother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diawara, Senegal
Diawara is a town and commune in Tambacounda Region of eastern Senegal, lying in the Senegal river valley near the Malian border. Its population in 2013 was about 17,500. Diawara is twinned with the French commune of Longvic on the Côte d'Or. See also * Railway stations in Senegal List of Railway stations in Senegal include: Maps UN Map Towns served by rail Existing * Dakar - port and national capital (0 km) * Hann - truncated terminus (3 km) * Bargny proposed deepwater port. * Rufisque - cement wo ... References Populated places in Tambacounda Region Communes of Senegal {{Senegal-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Djibril Diawara
Djibril Diawara (born 3 January 1975 ) is a retired French-Senegalese footballer. Career He played for Le Havre, Monaco, Torino and Bolton Wanderers during his professional career. Diawara played in Jean Tigana's talented Monaco side which famously put Manchester United out of the Champions League in 1998 on away goals after a 1–1 draw at Old Trafford. He went on loan to Bolton in the Premier League in 2001 and made 9 league appearances, getting sent off once against Everton. Honours Monaco * Trophée des Champions: 1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ... References External links * Player profile - lfp.fr 1975 births Living people Senegalese men's footballers French men's footballers Senegalese expatriate men's footballers Premier League players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Souleymane Diawara
Souleymane Diawara (born 24 December 1978) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a defender. He spent most of his career in France, playing for Le Havre, Sochaux, Bordeaux, Marseille and OGC Nice, apart from a brief stint at Charlton Athletic. At the international level, he represented Senegal. Career Diawara began his career at Havre AC, spending two seasons in Ligue 1 before the club was relegated. He stayed at Le Havre until 2003, before signing for FC Sochaux. On 19 November 2002, he made his debut with the Senegalese national team against South Africa in a friendly match. In 2006, he was transferred to Charlton Athletic. The following year he joined Bordeaux to strengthen the central defense with Marc Planus. Represented the national team at the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations, where his team took 4th place for the third time in history. Diawara was dropped from the Senegal squad in August 2006, ahead of their friendly with Ivory Coast, due to a breach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samba Diawara
Samba Diawara (born 15 March 1978) is a former professional footballer who played as a defender. Born in France, he played for the Mali national team. He is the currently assistant manager Belgian Pro League club of Anderlecht. Club career Born in Paris, Diawara started his career with Parisian club Red Star 93. He moved to Troyes AC in 1999 and made his debut against Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ... in August. International career Diawara has also played international matches for the Mali national team. Personal life The defender is the brother of the footballers Fousseni and Abdoulaye. References External links * * * 1978 births Living people French sportspeople of Malian descent Citizens of Mali through descent Malian men's footb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nare Diawara
Nare Diawara (born 22 January 1983, in Bamako) is a Malian professional women's basketball center, formerly with the WNBA's San Antonio Stars. Diawara was drafted in the third round (30th overall) of the 2007 WNBA draft. She played collegiately at Virginia Tech, US. She is the sister of Diéné Diawara and Lamine Diawara Lamine Diawara (born 1971 in Bamako) is a retired Malian basketball player. Diawara was a member of the Mali national basketball team, and earned the FIBA AfroBasket Most Valuable Player while playing with Team Mali at the FIBA Africa Championsh .... Virginia Tech statistics Source References External links Profile at wnba.com 1983 births Living people Centers (basketball) Malian expatriate basketball people in the United States Malian expatriates in the United States Malian women's basketball players Sportspeople from Bamako San Antonio Silver Stars draft picks San Antonio Stars players Virginia Tech Hokies women's basketball players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manthia Diawara
Manthia Diawara (born December 19, 1953) is a Malian writer, filmmaker, cultural theorist, scholar, and art historian. He holds the title of University Professor at New York University (NYU), where he is Director of the Institute of Afro-American Affairs. Biography Diawara was born in Bamako, Mali, and received his early education in France. He later received a PhD from Indiana University in 1985. Prior to teaching at NYU, Diawara taught at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of California at Santa Barbara. Much of his research has been in the field of black cultural studies, though his work has differed from the traditional approach to such study formulated in Britain in the early 1980s. Along with other notable recent scholars, Diawara has sought to incorporate consideration of the material conditions of African Americans to provide a broader context for the study of African diasporic culture. An aspect of this formulation has been the privileging of "Blackness" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamadou Diawara
Mamadou Diawara (born 26 July 1989) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward. Career A product of Clermont Foot youth academy, he joined the Portuguese team Belenenses in 2012 on a free transfer. He signed his first professional contract with Olympique Lyonnais Olympique Lyonnais (), commonly referred to as simply Lyon () or OL, is a men and women's French professional football club based in Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The men play in France's highest football division, Ligue 1. Founded in 1950, th ... in 2023. Personal life Born in France, Diawara is of Guinean and Senegalese descent. References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Diawara, Mamadou 1989 births Living people Footballers from Clermont-Ferrand French sportspeople of Guinean descent French sportspeople of Senegalese descent French men's footballers Men's association football forwards Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players Qatari Second Division players Cypriot Second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamine Diawara
Lamine Diawara (born 1971 in Bamako) is a retired Malian basketball player. Diawara was a member of the Mali national basketball team, and earned the FIBA AfroBasket Most Valuable Player while playing with Team Mali at the FIBA Africa Championship 1999. Diawara played his club ball with Al Ittihad Aleppo in Syria, where he was both the import player of the year and player of the year in 2005-06 in Syria's top league. Prior to playing in Syria, Diawara played with Anibal Zahle in the Lebanese Basketball League. The 6'10" (206 cm) Diawara is the brother of former Women's National Basketball Association, WNBA player Nare Diawara and current (2019–20) Ligue Féminine de Basketball player Diéné Diawara. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaba Diawara
Kaba Diawara (born 16 December 1975) is a football manager and former player who played as a striker. He has been head coach of the Guinea national football team since October 2021. Diawara played for French teams Sporting Toulon, Bordeaux, Rennes, Olympique de Marseille, Nice, Paris Saint-Germain, and Arles-Avignon, for English clubs Blackburn Rovers, West Ham United and Arsenal and for clubs in Spain and Turkey. Diawara was born in France and represented the country at under-21 level before playing senior international football for Guinea. Club career Beginnings in France Born in Toulon, Diawara at first played in 1993 for Toulon and then journeyed to Bordeaux a year later. With Bordeaux he played in the 1997 Coupe de la Ligue Final. After six years at the club he moved to Premier League club Arsenal in January 1999. Six months after he left Bordeaux they won the 1999 Ligue 1 title. Premier League He made his debut for Arsenal on 31 January 1999 in a league match against C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fousseni Diawara
Fousseni Diawara (born 28 August 1980) is a professional football manager and former player who played as a right-back. Born in France, he played for the Mali national team between 2001 and 2015. Club career Starting his career in Parisien club Red Star 93, Diawara moved to AS Saint-Étienne in 2000 and made his debut against Rennes in September. In January 2008, Diawara signed a 2.5-year deal with Panionios F.C. On 10 September 2009, he signed a one-year deal with FC Istres. He signed for AC Ajaccio on 16 June 2010. International career Diawara played international matches for the Mali national team. Managerial career Diawara began his career as Mali national team coordinator at the end of his professional career after 2014–15 season. Personal life Diawara holds both French and Malian nationality. He is the brother of footballers Samba and Abdoulaye. Honours Mali *Africa Cup of Nations bronze: 2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fatoumata Diawara
Fatoumata Diawara ( bm, ߝߊ߫ߕߎߡߕߊ ߖߊ߯ߥߙߊ߫, Fatumta Jawara, born 1982) is a Malian singer-songwriter currently living in France. Diawara began her career as an actress in theatre and in film, including ''Genesis'' (1999), '' Sia, The Dream of the Python'' (2001) and ''Timbuktu'' (2014). She later launched a career in music, collaborating with numerous artists and releasing three studio albums beginning with 2011 debut ''Fatou''. Diawara's music combines traditional Wassoulou with international styles. Early life Diawara was born in 1982 in the Ivory Coast to Malian parents. As an adolescent, she was sent back to their native Bamako in Mali to be raised by an aunt. When she was eighteen, Diawara moved to France to pursue acting. She briefly returned to Mali for a film role, but fled back to Paris to avoid being coerced into marriage by her family. Film and theatre After moving to France, Diawara appeared in Cheick Oumar Sissoko's 1999 feature film ''Genesis'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Djeli Moussa Diawara
Djeli Moussa Diawara, born 1962 in Kankan, Guinea, is a Kora player ( Korafola), composer and singer. Biography Djeli Moussa Diawara (also known as ''Jali Musa Jawara'') was born to a Griot family. His father was a balafon player, and his mother a singer. His half-brother, sharing the same mother, was Mory Kanté. He is a "jali," or "djeli", a Mandinka word for griot. He learnt to play the balafon, the kora and the guitar. At 18 he played with his half-brother, who left the Rail Band, in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. Starting his solo career, he worked with Djenne Doumbia, a singer who later joined Salif Keita's group. In 1982, his first LP '' Yasimika'' was recorded. Then, he left for Europe. England first for a tour where he shared the stage with Ali Farka Touré, and finally settled in Paris. His ''Flamenkora'' album was published in 1998, offering a rich blend of styles, from his Mandingo roots to Flamenco. In 2000, Djeli Moussa recorded "Ocean Blues – from Africa to H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
