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Guinea Guinea ( ),, fuf, 𞤘𞤭𞤲𞤫, italic=no, Gine, wo, Gine, nqo, ߖߌ߬ߣߍ߫, bm, Gine officially the Republic of Guinea (french: République de Guinée), is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the we ...

, a country in West Africa. *

Alfa Yaya of Labé Alfa Yaya Maudo, was a 19th-century ruler of Labé, one of the nine provinces of the Imamate of Futa Jallon (a muslim state ruled by Fula leaders), in present-day Guinea. Alfa Yaya was born in the mid-19th century in the village of Fulamori, Gui ...

Ba Cissoko Ba Cissoko is a Guinean world music band featuring five members, two of whom play the traditional Kora harp. Two band members play percussion instruments and one plays bass. The sound of the band has been described as "West Africa meets Jimi He ...

Abdallah Bah Abdallah Bah (born 30 November 1975) is a retired Guinean footballer. He played as a goalkeeper. During his professional career, Bah played in France, Spain, England and the United States. Internationally, he was part of the Guinean 2004 African ...

* Almamy Schuman Bah *

Mamadou Bah Mamadou Diouldé Bah (born 25 April 1988) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for US Raon-l'Étape. He represented the Guinea national team from 2008 to 2012. Club career Born in Conakry, Bah began his career at F ...

Bobo Baldé Dianbobo "Bobo" Baldé (born 5 October 1975) is a former professional footballer who played as a defender and is the current manager of Guinea U20. He played for Mulhouse, AS Cannes, Toulouse, Celtic, Valenciennes and Arles-Avignon. Born in F ...

Habib Baldé Habib-Jean Baldé (born 8 February 1985 in Saint-Vallier, Saône-et-Loire) is a former professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football a ...

* Sekouba Bambino *

Ibrahima Bangoura Ibrahima Sory Bangoura (born 8 December 1982 in Conakry)Ismaël Bangoura
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Ismaël Bangoura Ismaël Bangoura (born 2 January 1985) is a Guinean former footballer who played as a forward. Although his primary position is striker, Bangoura has also played as a winger and attacking midfielder. Club career Early career Bangoura began ...

Ousmane Bangoura Ousmane Bangoura (born 1 December 1979) is a retired Guinean football striker. He last played for Shenyang Ginde in 2006. Injury While playing a league match on 7 July 2006, the 26-year-old Ginde striker suffered a ruptured eyeball after being ca ...

Sambégou Bangoura Sambégou Bangoura (born 3 April 1982) is a Guinean former footballer who played as a striker. Career Bangoura started his footballing career in Belgium with Lokeren and then Standard Liège before leaving to play in The Championship with Stok ...

Louis Lansana Beavogui Louis Lansana Beavogui ( nqo, ߟߊ߲߭ߛߌ߬ߣߍ߬ ߓߌߦߊߝ߭ߏߜ߭ߌ߫; 28 December 1923 – 19 August 1984) was a Guinean politician. He was List of prime ministers of Guinea, Prime Minister from 1972 to 1984 and was briefly List of presi ...

Bembeya Jazz National Bembeya Jazz National (originally known as Orchestre de Beyla) is a Guinean jazz group that gained fame in the 1960s for their Afropop rhythms. They are considered one of the most significant bands in Guinean music. Many of their recordings are ...

* Edouard Benjamin *

Aboubacar M'Baye Camara Aboubacar M'Baye Camara (born 27 December 1985) is a Guinean association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for R.S.C. Andenne, Andenne. Career He joined in summer 2004 to Belgian side K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen from his native Gu ...

* Alhussein Camara * Alsény Camara (footballer, born 1986) * Alsény Camara (footballer, born 1995) * Alsény Camara (footballer, born 1996) * Arafan Camara * Batouly Camara *

Eugène Camara Eugène Camara (21 January 1942

* Ibrahima Camara *

Abdoul Kabèlè Camara Abdoul Kabèlè Camara (born 12 February 1950) is a Guinean politician and diplomat. Legal career Camara obtained a licentiate in legal sciences from Cheikh Anta Diop University, and also graduated from the National School of Administration ...

Kader Camara Kader Camara (born 18 March 1982) is a Guinean football player who currently plays for Etzella Ettelbruck in the Luxembourg National Division. Career In 2003, Camara was part of Cercle Brugge, the team that became Belgian Second Division champio ...

Kémoko Camara Kémoko Camara (born 4 May 1975) is a Guinean former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He played for the Guinea national team between 1998 and 2013. Club career Camara was born in Conakry, Guinea. In early March 2008, Camar ...

Mangué Camara Mangué Camara (born 15 September 1982 in Macenta) is a Guinean football (soccer), football player who plays for AS Moulins. He was part of the Guinean 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished second in their group in the first round of comp ...

* Manimou Camara *

Mohammed Camara Mohamed "Mo" Camara (born 25 June 1975) is a Guinean former professional footballer who played as a left-back or left midfielder. Club career Early career Born in Conakry, Guinea, Camara spent the early years of his professional career in Fre ...

Mohamed Camara (film director) Mohamed Camara (born 1959 in Conakry) is a Guinean film director and actor based in France. He studied at the Atelier Blanche Salant in Paris. He has explored controversial topics in his films such as incest ('' Denko''), child suicide (''Min ...

Ousmane N'Gom Camara Ousmane N'Gom Camara (born 26 May 1975) is a Guinean former professional footballer who played as a wide midfielder. Club career Camara was born in Conakry. He joined Belgian club K. Londerzeel S.K. in 2008. International career Camara was pa ...

* Papa Camara *

Sekou Benna Camara Dr. Sekou Benna Camara (born May 25, 1960) is the presidential candidate and leader of U.F.A.G. (Union des Forces d'Avenir de Guinee/ Union of Forces for the Future of Guinea.) He is currently campaigning for presidency in the first democratic el ...

Titi Camara Aboubacar Sidiki "Titi" Camara (born 17 November 1972) is a Guinean former professional association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker. He was also the coach of the Guinea national football team, ...

Zeinab Camara Zeinab Camara (born January 27, 1981) is a Guinean politician. She was the first woman to lead a football club in Guinea. Life Camara was born in Guinea. She moved to Leicester to study; first International Relations at De Montfort University and ...

* Mohamed Cisse * Alpha Condé *

Mamady Condé Mamady Condé is a Guinean politician and diplomat. Condé was first appointed to the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs A foreign affairs minister or minister of foreign affairs (less commonly minister for foreign affairs) is generally a c ...

* Lansana Conté * Sékou Kouréissy Condé * Sona Tata Condé *

Daddi Cool Daddi Cool (born in Makeni, Sierra Leone) is a Sierra Leonean-born Guinean reggae musician. He was born and raised in Makeni, Sierra Leone. Daddi Cool served in the Sierra Leonean army, but fled the country during the early years of the Sierra Leo ...

Ibrahima Sory Conte Ibrahima is a male given name, a form of Ibrahim common in parts of Western Africa. Notable people with the name include: * Ibrahima Aya (born 1967), Malian writer * Ibrahima Bakayoko (born 1976), Ivorian footballer * Ibrahima Bangoura (born 198 ...

Victor Correia Victor Correia (born 12 January 1985) is a Guinean former professional footballer who played as a secondary striker. He made four appearances scoring once for the Guinea national team between 2005 and 2008. Career Correia was born in Bissau, G ...

Alpha Yaya Diallo Alpha Yaya Diallo is a Guinean-born Canadian guitarist, singer and songwriter. He incorporates Guinea's rich musical tradition into his original compositions. Diallo has won two Juno Awards, shared a third, and was nominated another three times. ...

Amadou Bailo Diallo In the early hours of February 4, 1999, an unarmed 23-year-old Guinean student named Amadou Diallo (born September 2, 1975) was fired upon with 41 rounds and shot a total of 19 times by four New York City Police Department plainclothes offic ...

* Cellou Dalein Diallo * Ibrahima Diallo *

Saifoulaye Diallo Saifoulaye Diallo (1 July 1923 – 25 September 1981) was a Guinean politician, lawmaker and cabinet member. Career Diallo served in the National Assembly of France from 1956 to 1958. He was the political secretary of the ruling Democratic Pa ...

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, R ...

* Sékou Oumar Drame *

François Lonseny Fall François Lonseny Fall (born 21 April 1949) is a Guinean diplomat and politician. He briefly served as Prime Minister of Guinea from February 23, 2004 to July 15, 2004, under authoritarian President Lansana Conté. Later, under democraticly elec ...

* Pascal Feindouno * Simon Feindouno *

Ibrahima Kassory Fofana Ibrahima Kassory Fofana (born 15 April 1954) is a Guinean politician who served as Prime Minister of Guinea between 21 May 2018 and 5 September 2021. A macro-economist and specialist in economic policy, he previously held several strategic posit ...

* El Hadj Ismael Mohamed Gassim Gushein *

Daouda Jabi Daouda Jabi (born 10 April 1981) is a Guinean former professional footballer who played as a defender. He began his senior career with Pacy Vallée-d'Eure and USL Dunkerque before moving to RC Lens where he played for the club's reserves and t ...

* Samuel Johnson (footballer, born 1984) * Fatoumata Kaba *

Mamadi Kaba Mamadi Kaba (born June 15, 1982) is a Guinean footballer who currently plays for AS Kaloum Star. Club career Born in Kankan, Kaba played football for local side AS Kaloum Star before spells in Europe with FC Lugano and FC Gueugnon. At the c ...

* Oumar Kalabané *

Mory Kanté Mory Kanté (29 March 195022 May 2020) was a Guinean vocalist and player of the kora harp. He was best known internationally for his 1987 hit song "Yé ké yé ké", which reached number-one in Belgium, Finland, the Netherlands, and Spain. The ...

Solomana Kante Solomana Kanté (also written as Sùlemáana Kántε, Souleymane Kanté or Sulemaana Kantè; , 1922 – November 23, 1987) was a Guinean writer and educator, best known as the inventor of the N'Ko alphabet for the Mandé languages of Africa. Ka ...

Kassa (mansa) Qasa ( ar, قسا, Qasā; ) was a short-lived mansa of the Mali Empire. He succeeded his father, Sulayman, and reigned for only nine months. A civil war broke out after Sulayman's death, which Sulayman's great-nephew Jata won by late 1360. Cha ...

* Abdoulaye Keita *

Alhassane Keita Alhassane Keita Otchico (born 26 June 1983), known as Keita, is a Guinean footballer who most recently played as a striker for American club Jacksonville Armada FC. Club career Keita was born in Conakry. After beginning his professional career ...

Mohamed Keita Mohamed Keita may refer to: * Mohamed Keita (footballer), Guinean footballer * Mohamed Keita (basketball), Guinean-Burkinabé basketball player See also * Muhamed Keita, Norwegian footballer {{hndis, Keita, Mohamed ...

Mamady Keïta Mamady Keïta (August 1950 – 21 June 2021) was a drummer from the West African nation of Guinea. He specialized in the ''djembe''. He was also the founder of the ''Tam Tam Mandingue'' school of drumming. He was a member of the Mandinka peopl ...

Naby Keïta Naby Laye Keïta (born 10 February 1995) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for club Liverpool and the Guinea national team. Keïta began his professional career with Ligue 2 club FC Istres in 2013, and a ...

Lansana Kouyaté Lansana Kouyaté (born 15 July 1950) is a Guinean politician and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of Guinea from 2007 to 2008. Previously he was Executive Secretary of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) from 1997 to 2002. ...

N'Faly Kouyate N'Faly Kouyate is a Guinean musician. He is a member of the Mandinka ethnic group of West Africa. His father was the griot Konkoba Kabinet Kouyate, who lived in Siguiri, Guinea. In 1994 Kouyate moved to Belgium and formed the ensemble Dunyak ...

Camara Laye Camara Laye (January 1, 1928 – February 4, 1980) was a writer from Guinea. He was the author of '' The African Child'' (''L'Enfant noir''), a novel based loosely on his own childhood, and ''The Radiance of the King'' (''Le Regard du roi'' ...

* Joseph Loua *

Fodé Mansaré Fodé Mansaré (born 3 September 1981) is a Guinean former professional association football, footballer who played as a winger (association football), winger. Between 2001 and 2011 made over 100 appearances each for both Montpellier HSC and To ...

Tierno Monénembo Thierno Saïdou Diallo, usually known as Tierno Monénembo (born 1947 in Porédaka), is a Francophone Guinean novelist and biochemist. Born in Guinea, he later lived in Senegal, Algeria, Morocco, and finally France since 1973. He has written eight b ...

* Djibril Tamsir Niane * Souleymane Oularé *

Williams Sassine Williams Sassine (1944 in Kankan, Guinea – February 9, 1997 in Conakry, Guinea) was a Guinean novelist who wrote in French. His father was Lebanese Christian and his mother was a Guinean of Muslim heritage. Sassine was an expatriate African wri ...

Odiah Sidibé Odiah Sidibé (born 13 January 1970 in Fréjus, Var) is a French sprint athlete of Guinean descent. Achievements * 2002 European Championships in Athletics – gold medal (4 × 100 m relay) * 2002 European Championships in Athletics – ...

Lamine Sidimé Lamine Sidimé (born 1944) is a Guinean political figure who was Prime Minister of Guinea from 1999 to 2004. Early life Born at Mamou in 1944, Sidimé served as President of the Supreme Court from 1992, and he was appointed as Prime Minister by ...

Aboubacar Somparé El Hajj Aboubacar Somparé ( nqo, ߊߓߎߓߊߞߊߙ ߛߐ߲߬ߔߊ߬ߙߋ߫; 31 August 1944 – 2 November 2017)

Chérif Souleymane Chérif Souleymane, also known as Chérif Soulegmane, (born 20 October 1944) is a former Guinean footballer. He is considered among the finest footballers Guinea has ever produced. He was named the France Football African Footballer of the Year ...

Fodé Soumah Fodé Soumah is a politician from Guinea. Soumah was a prominent figure in the ruling Party of Unity and Progress and was appointed as the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Guinea. Following the 2003 Guinean presidential election, Soumah was ...

* Issiaga Soumah * Abdoulaye Soumah *

Morlaye Soumah Morlaye Soumah (born 4 November 1971) is a Guinean former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Soumah spent most of his playing career with SC Bastia in France's Ligue 1. He was part of the Guinea national team at the 2004 Afr ...

* Abdoul Salam Sow * Suleyman (mansa) * Moussa Sy * Abdoul Karim Sylla (footballer, born 1981) *

Abdoul Karim Sylla (footballer, born 1992) Abdoul Karim Sylla (born 23 January 1992) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a forward for Stade Beaucairois. Career In May 2012, Sylla signed his first professional contract with Montpellier HSC having agreed a one-year deal with the option ...

* Abdoulaye Kapi Sylla *

Bengally Sylla Bengally Sylla is a Guinean footballer of the 1970s and 1980s. A left-winger blessed with abundant pace and skill, Sylla was a star of the highly successful Hafia FC and Guinea sides of the 1970s. He is regarded as being one of Guinea's top playe ...

Kanfory Sylla Kanfory Sylla (born 7 July 1980 in Conakry) is a Guinean football defensive all-arounder who currently plays for Zakho FC in the Iraqi Premier League. He played for Sivasspor, İstanbul BB and Konyaspor in Turkey's Super League. Internatio ...

* Kanfoury Sylla *

Mamadou Sylla (politician) Mamadou Sylla (born 25 January 1960) is a Guinean politician and business leader. Born in Boké, in 1986 Sylla was one of several people given large amounts of rice by the Government to retail. Becoming wealthy, he moved to Conakry and became a ...

Mohammed Sylla Mohammed "Momo" Sylla (born 13 March 1977) is a Guinean former professional footballer who played as a winger. Club career Sylla started his football career at French Second Division club Créteil, on the outskirts of Paris, before moving on t ...

Diallo Telli Boubacar Diallo Telli (1925 – February 1977) was a Guinean diplomat and politician. He helped found the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and was the second secretary-general of the OAU between 1964 and 1972. After serving as Minister of Jus ...

Pablo Thiam Pablo Thiam (born 3 January 1974) is a Guinean former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He holds a German passport. Club career Born in Conakry, Thiam grew up as the son of a Guinean diplomat in the former German cap ...

Ahmed Sékou Touré Ahmed Sékou Touré (var. Sheku Turay or Ture; N'Ko: ; January 9, 1922 – March 26, 1984) was a Guinean political leader and African statesman who became the first president of Guinea, serving from 1958 until his death in 1984. Touré was am ...

Sidya Touré Sidya Touré (born 1945) is a Guinean politician. He was Prime Minister of Guinea from 1996 to 1999 and is currently the President of the Union of Republican Forces (UFR), an opposition party. Prime minister Having previously been in exile in C� ...

* Boubacar Traore (runner) *

Diarra Traoré Diarra Traoré (1935 – 8 July 1985) was a Guinean soldier and politician. He served as Prime Minister of Guinea briefly in 1984 as a member of a junta led by Lansana Conté. In 1985, after Traoré attempted a coup d'état against President C ...

* Alseny Yansane * Amadou Bah Oury *

Ibrahim Yattara İbrahim Yattara (born 3 June 1980 in Kamsar), or İbrahim Üçüncü, is a Guinean former footballer. He also once competed on ''Survivor Turkey''. Career Yattara began his career in his native Guinea with the team San Garedi. He moved on to ...

* Souleymane Youla *

Kamil Zayatte Kamil Zayatte (; born 7 March 1985) is a Guinean former professional footballer who played as a defender. An RC Lens youth product, Zayatte's performances at Swiss club Young Boys earned him a loan move to Premier League club Hull City in 2 ...

* Jalloh Serima *

Florentin Pogba Peïlé Florentin Pogba (born 19 August 1990) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a defender for the Guinea national team. He is the elder brother of French midfielder Paul Pogba. Early life Pogba was born in Conakry, the capit ...

Mathias Pogba Mathias Fassou Pogba (born 19 August 1990) is a Guinean professional footballer who most recently played as a forward for Championnat National 2 club Belfort. Having started his career as a youth at Celta Vigo, Pogba played briefly for Quimper i ...

* Ibrahim Sorie Turay AKA Istoure * Diallo ElHadj Ourmar

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