Coulibaly is a common
Bambara language surname in
West Africa
West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, M ...
, especially in
Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mal ...
and
Ivory Coast. It may refer to:
People
*Any of the Bambara Empire's founding Coulibaly dynasty, following
Bitòn Coulibaly
Bitòn Coulibaly (1689?–1755), also known as Mamary Coulibaly, founded the Bambara Empire in what is now Mali's Ségou Region and Mopti Region.
Biography
Great-grandson of former Ségou king Kaladian Coulibaly, Mamary Coulibaly settl ...
(1689–1755)
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Adama Coulibaly
Adama Coulibaly (born 10 September 1980) is a Malian former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Career
Having started his career at Djoliba, he spent most of his career at French sides Lens and Auxerre. He played one season for ...
(born 1980), Malian footballer
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Adamo Coulibaly (born 1981), French footballer
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Amadou Coulibaly
Amadou Coulibaly (born 31 December 1984) is a Burkinabé former professional footballer who played as a right back.
Club career
Coulibaly played youth football for RC Bobo Dioulasso, before moving to Stade Rennais F.C. and Grenoble Foot 38 in ...
(born 1984), Burkinabé footballer
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Amadou Gon Coulibaly (1959–2020), Prime Minister of the Ivory Coast
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Amedy Coulibaly
Amedy Coulibaly (; 27 February 1982 – 9 January 2015) was a Malian-French man who was the prime suspect in the Montrouge shooting, in which municipal police officer Clarissa Jean-Philippe was shot and killed, and was the hostage-taker and gu ...
(1982–2015), assailant in shootings related to the Hypercacher kosher supermarket siege
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Daniel Ouezzin Coulibaly Daniel Ouezzin Coulibaly (1 July 1909 – 7 September 1958) was the president of the governing council of the French colony of Upper Volta, today's Burkina Faso, from 17 May 1957 until his death on 7 September 1958 in Paris. A native of Pouy, to ...
(1909–1958), president of governing council of the French colony of Upper Volta
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Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly, senior fellow Brookings Institution
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David Coulibaly (born 1978), Malian footballer
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Dramane Coulibaly (born 1979), Malian footballer
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Elimane Coulibaly
Elimane Coulibaly (born 15 March 1980 in Dakar) is a Senegal, Senegalese retired professional footballer who played as a Forward (association football), forward.
Club career
First years
Having emigrated from Senegal to Belgium, Coulibaly first ...
(born 1980), Senegalese footballer
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Fatoumata Coulibaly
Fatoumata Coulibaly is a Malian film actress, director, journalist, and women's rights activist, particularly against female genital mutilation (FGM).
Early life
Coulibaly comes from a family of musicians, and her grandmother Bazéko Traoré w ...
, Malian actress and women's rights activist
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Fernand Coulibaly
Fernand Coulibaly (born 1 August 1971) is a retired Malian professional football striker who played for several clubs in Europe and the Mali national football team. He has Turkish citizenship with the name Muhammed Doğan.
Coulibaly was bor ...
(born 1971), Malian former footballer
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Fousseny Coulibaly (born 1989), Ivorian footballer
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Gary Coulibaly (born 1986), French footballer
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Ibrahim Coulibaly
Ibrahim Coulibaly (24 February 1964 – 27 April 2011)[Kalifa Coulibaly
Kalifa Coulibaly (born 21 August 1991) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a forward for the Mali national team.
Club career
Born in Bamako, Coulibaly played club football for Real Bamako, Paris Saint-Germain B and Sporting Charle ...]
(born 1991), Malian footballer
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Karim Coulibaly (born 1993), Senegalese-born French footballer
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Koman Coulibaly, Malian football referee
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Mamoutou Coulibaly (born 1984), Malian footballer
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Micheline Coulibaly (1950–2003), Ivorian writer
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Moussa Coulibaly (born 1981), Malian footballer
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Souleymane Coulibaly
Souleymane Coulibaly (born 26 December 1994) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Karmiotissa.
Early life
As a 13-year-old, Coulibaly emigrated to Italy to avoid conflict in Ivory Coast. He joined his father who h ...
, Ivorian footballer
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Soumaila Coulibaly (born 1978), Malian footballer
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Tanguy Coulibaly
Tanguy Coulibaly (born 18 February 2001) is a French professional association football, footballer who plays as a Midfielder#Winger, winger for Bundesliga club VfB Stuttgart.
Club career
Paris Saint-Germain
Coulibaly is a product of the Pari ...
(born 2001), French footballer of Malian descent
Other
*Coulibaly, a track from the 2003 album ''
Dimanche à Bamako
''Dimanche à Bamako'' ( en, Sunday in Bamako) is the fourth album by Malian duo Amadou & Mariam featuring, and produced by, French singer Manu Chao. It was released on the Nonesuch Records label on 2 August 2005.
The album features guests such a ...
'', a collaboration between Malian singers Amadou & Miriam and Franco-Spanish performer Manu Chao
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Bambara-language surnames