Aminata is a West African given name; it may refer to:
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Aminata Diaw
Aminata Diaw Cissé (24 May 1959 – 14 April 2017) was a Senegalese lecturer and political philosopher who taught at the Cheikh Anta Diop University (UCAD). Influenced by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and her academia background, she wrote about citizen ...
(1959–2017), Senegalese academic and political philosopher
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Aminata Maïga Ka
Kehsna (1940 – November 2005) was a Senegalese writer. She studied in several different nations, including the United States and France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. ...
(born 1940), Senegalese writer
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Aminata Mbengue Ndiaye
Aminata Mbengue Ndiaye is a Senegalese politician. In 2012, she was appointed Minister of Livestock and Animal Production in the government of Prime Minister Abdou Mbaye and from 2014 under the government of Prime Minister Mahammad Boun Abdallah ...
, member of the Pan-African Parliament
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Aminata Savadogo
Aminata Savadogo (born 9 January 1993), occasionally known as simply Aminata, is a Latvian singer, songwriter, record producer, and model.
She represented Latvia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 with the song " Love Injected". She released ...
(born 1993), Latvian singer
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Aminata Sow Fall
Aminata Sow Fall (born 27 April 1941) is a Senegalese-born author. While her native language is Wolof, her books are written in French. She is considered "the first published woman novelist from francophone Black Africa".Margaret Busby, '' Daugh ...
(born 1941), Senegalese-born author
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Aminata Traoré
Aminata Dramane Traoré (born 1947) is a Malian author, politician, and political activist. She served as the Minister of Culture and Tourism of Mali from 1997 to 2000 and also worked as coordinator of the United Nations Development Programme. ...
(born 1942), Malian author, politician, and political activist
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Sidibé Aminata Diallo
Sidibé Aminata Diallo (born 1950) is a Malian academic and politician.
Academia
Diallo gained her doctorate in development and urban studies from the University of Toulouse in 1984. She is a member of the faculty of Economic Sciences and Manageme ...
, Malian academic and politician
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