Mahama is an African given name and surname. People with this name include:

Given name

* Mahama Awal, Cameroonian footballer * Mahama Ayariga, Ghanaian politician *

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, Burkinabé politician *

Mahama Johnson Traoré Mahama Johnson Traoré (1942–2010) was a Senegalese film director, writer, and co-founder of the Ouagadougou-based Pan-African Cinema Festival (FESPACO). Biography Traoré was born in 1942 at Dakar.Aliu Mahama, Ghanaian engineer and politician * Edward Mahama, Ghanaian physician and politician *

Emmanuel Adama Mahama Emmanuel Adama Mahama was a Ghanaian politician. He served as a Member of Parliament during the First Republic of Ghana. He is the father of John Dramani Mahama, the 4th President of the 4th Republic of Ghana. Political career An educator and ...

, Ghanaian politician and father of John Dramani * Ibrahim Mahama (born 1971), Ghanaian businessman, brother of John Dramani * John Dramani Mahama, Ghanaian politician and former president of Ghana {{given name, type=both African given names Surnames of African origin