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, Maurit ...
among predominantly Muslim ethnic groups such as the Mandé and
Wolof
Wolof or Wollof may refer to:
* Wolof people, an ethnic group found in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania
* Wolof language, a language spoken in Senegal, Gambia, and Mauritania
* The Wolof or Jolof Empire, a medieval West African successor of the Mal ...
people. It is a variant of the Arabic name
Muhammad
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 Common Era, CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Muhammad in Islam, Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet Divine inspiration, di ...
MAMADOU Mamadou is a common given name in West Africa among predominantly Muslim ethnic groups such as the Mandé and Wolof people. It is a variant of the Arabic name Muhammad.
Academics
*Mamadou Diouf (historian), Senegalese professor of West African hi ...
, Senegalese band based in the United States
* Mamadou Diabaté, Malian ''kora'' player
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Mamadou Diop (musician)
Mamadou Diop, also known as Modou Diop, is a Senegalese performing artist, now living in the United States. With his trademark West African rhythm guitar he has performed with the likes of Thione Seck, Baaba Maal, Jimi Mbaye, Orchestre Baobab, ...
, Senegalese rhythm guitarist and band leader
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Mamadou Konte
Mamadou Konte (b.? Mali - died June 20, 2007 Dakar, Senegal) was a Senegalese music producer and founder of the Africa Fête Music Festival and a leading figure behind the African and world music genres.
Konte founded the Africa Fête music fe ...
, Senegalese music producer
Government
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Mamadou (mansa)
Mansa Mahmud II, also known as Mamadou, was mansa ("king of kings") of the Mali Empire from 1481 to 1496.
Mansa Mahmud II's rule was characterized by more losses to Mali's old possessions and increased contact between Mali and Portuguese explor ...
, ruler of the Mali Empire
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Mamadou Blaise Sangaré
Mamadou Bakary "Blaise" Sangaré (born 16 November 1954) is a Malian politician. He is the President of the Social Democratic Convention (CDS-Mogotigiya).Mamadou Boye Bah
Mamadou Boye Bah (1 April 1930 – 26 May 2009) was a Guinean political figure and economist and was one of the leading opponents of the presidents Sékou Touré and Lansana Conté.
Bah had originally worked in the Touré government in the early 1 ...
, Guinean economist and politician
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Mamadou Kamara Dékamo Mamadou Kamara Dékamo (born 8 January 1949"Who's Who", ''Congo Brazzaville: Les Hommes de Pouvoir'', number 1Africa Intelligence 29 October 2002 .) is a Congolese political figure and diplomat. He has been Congo-Brazzaville's Ambassador to Italy s ...
, Congo-Brazzaville politician and diplomat
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Mamadou Dembelé Mamadou Dembelé (21 January 1934 – 9 October 2016) was a Malian physician and politician. Dembelé served as List of prime ministers of Mali, Prime Minister of Mali from 6 June 1986 to 6 June 1988 under President Moussa Traoré. He was a member o ...
, Malian politician
* Mamadou Dia, Senegalese politician, former prime minister
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Mamadou Diop (politician)
Mamadou Diop (9 May 1936 – 26 March 2018) was a Senegalese politician, and a member of the central committee of the Socialist Party of Senegal. Diop was the mayor of the capital city of Dakar for 18 years between 1984 and 2002.
He was a member ...
, Senegalese politician, former mayor of Dakar
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Mamadou Koulibaly
Mamadou Koulibaly (born 21 April 1957) is an Ivorian politician, Chairman oLIDER(Liberté et Démocratie pour la République), a classical liberal political party he founded in July 2011. Previously, he was President of the National Assembly o ...
, Ivorian politician
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Mamadou Lamine Loum
Mamadou Lamine Loum (born February 3, 1952 , Afrique-express.com .) is a , Senegalese politician, former prime minister
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Mamadou Maidah Mamadou Maidah (1924–2005) was a Nigerien politician and diplomat.
Mamadou was the Foreign Minister of Niger from 1963 to 1965, and a leading member of the ruling PPN-RDA party.
Mamadou—his surname—was born in Tessaoua in 1924, the child of ...
, Nigerien politician and diplomat
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Mamadou Ouédraogo
Mamadou Ouédraogo (1906 in Ouahigouya – 9 September 1978 in Ouahigouya) was a politician in the French Upper Volta.
One of the early leaders of the Voltaic Union
Voltaic Union (french: Union Voltaïque) was a political party in Upper Volta. ...
, French Upper Volta (present-day Burkina Faso) politician
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Mamadou Samba Barry
New Social Democracy (in French: ''Nouvelle Démocratie Sociale, NDS'') is a political party in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an a ...
, Burkina Faso politician, secretary of the New Social Democracy party
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Mamadou Seck (politician)
Mamadou Seck is a Senegalese politician who was President of the National Assembly of Senegal from 2008 to 2012. He was briefly Minister of Finance and Economy in 2001, and he was Minister of Infrastructure, Equipment and Transport from 2002 to 2 ...
, Senegalese politician, president of the National Assembly of Senegal
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Mamadou Sylla
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 ...
, Guinean judge and businessman
* Mamadou Tandja, Nigerien politician, former president
Sports
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Mamadou Alimou Diallo
Mamadou Alimou Diallo (born 2 December 1984 in Conakry) is a Guinean 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 are associ ...
, Guinean footballer
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Mamadou Bagayoko
Mamadou Bagayoko (born 21 May 1979) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. Born in France, he represented Mali at international level.
Club career
Bagayoko was born in Paris. His debut at senior level came in 1999 for ...
, Malian footballer
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Mamadou Bagayoko (footballer, born 1989)
Mamadou Bagayoko (born 31 December 1989) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a defender. He is currently playing for Rebecq in the Belgian Division 2.
Club career
Born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Bagayoko began his career at Ivori ...
, Ivorian footballer
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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 ...
, Guinean footballer
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Mamadou Baldé
Mamadou Papys Baldé (born 12 December 1985) is a former footballer who played as a defender. He has played for French club Langon-Castets.Mamadou Camara, French footballer
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Mamadou Danso
Mamadou "Futty" Danso (born April 27, 1983) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a centre back.
Career
College and amateur
Danso was recruited to play soccer for North Carolina Wesleyan College and also went on to play two years o ...
, Gambian footballer
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Mamadou Dansoko
Mamadou 'Madinho' Dansoko (born 31 July 1982) is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a winger.
Career
Dansoko was born in Abidjan. He began his career at ASEC Abidjan, a club based in Ivory Coast which is famed for its Yo ...
, Ivorian footballer
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Mamadou Chérif Dia
Mamadou Chérif Dia (born 16 October 1984) is a Malian athlete specialising in the long jump and triple jump. He won a bronze medal at the 2015 African Games.
His personal bests are 7.82 metres in the long jump (-0.9 m/s, Bamako 2010) and 1 ...
, Malian long and triple jumper
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Mamadou Diabang
Mamadou-Lamine Diabang (born 21 January 1979) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a forward
Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward.
Forward may also refer to:
People
* Forward (surname)
Sports
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Mamadou Diallo (disambiguation) Mamadou Diallo may refer to:
*Mamadou Diallo (footballer, born 1971), Senegalese footballer
*Mamadou Alimou Diallo (born 1984), Guinean football defender
*Mamadou Diallo (athlete) (born 1954), Senegalese track and field athlete
* Mamadou Diallo (fo ...
, multiple people
* Mamadou Diarra, Malian basketball player
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Mamadou Diop (basketball) Mamadou Diop may refer to:
* Mamadou Diop (basketball, born 1955), Senegalese basketball player at the 1980 Summer Olympics
*Mamadou Diop (basketball, born 1993), Senegalese basketball player
*Mamadou Diop (politician) (1936–2018), Senegalese pol ...
, Senegalese basketball player at the 1980 Summer Olympics
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Mamadou Djikine Mamadou is a common given name in West Africa among predominantly Muslim ethnic groups such as the Mandé and Wolof people. It is a variant of the Arabic name Muhammad.
Academics
* Mamadou Diouf (historian), Senegalese professor of West African hi ...
Mamadou N'Diaye (disambiguation) Mamadou N'Diaye is the name of:
* Mamadou N'Diaye (athlete) (1939-2008), Senegalese Olympic sprinter
*Mamadou N'Diaye (basketball, born 1975), Senegalese basketball player
*Mamadou N'Diaye (basketball, born 1993)
Mamadou N'Diaye ( ; born 14 S ...
, multiple people
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Mamadou Niang
Mamadou Hamidou Niang (born 13 October 1979) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a striker. He has represented Senegal at international level, participating in the 2004, 2006, and 2008 African Cup of Nations. He is t ...
, Senegalese footballer
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Mamadou Sakho
Mamadou Sakho (born 13 February 1990) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre back for Ligue 1 club Montpellier.
Sakho began his career at Paris FC before moving to Paris Saint-Germain's youth system in 2002. In October 200 ...
, French footballer of Senegalese descent
* Mamadou Samassa (footballer, born 1986), French-born Malian international footballer also of Senegalese descent
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Mamadou Samassa (footballer, born 1990)
Mamadou Samassa (born 16 February 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper and is now a free agent.
Born in France, he represented the country at under-18, under-19, and under-20 levels, but represented Mali at full inte ...
Mamadou Tall
Mamadou Tall (born 4 December 1982) is a former Burkinabé football player.
He was part of the Burkinabé 2002 African Nations Cup team, who finished bottom of group B in the first round of competition, thus failing to secure qualification fo ...
, Burkina Faso footballer
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Mamadou Wague Mamadou is a common given name in West Africa among predominantly Muslim ethnic groups such as the Mandé peoples, Mandé and Wolof people, Wolof people. It is a variant of the Arabic name Muhammad (name), Muhammad.
Academics
*Mamadou Diouf (histor ...
, French footballer
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Mamadou Zaré
Mamadou Zaré (19 May 1964 – 3 May 2007) was an Ivorian football player and manager.
Career
With roots in Burkina Faso, Zaré had played for ASEC Mimosas in midfield and central defence before becoming a coach. As a player, he won three leagu ...
, Ivorian football manager
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Mamadou Zongo
Mamadou "Bebeto" Zongo (born 8 October 1980) is a Burkinabé football coach and former player who played as a striker.
Club career
Zongo was born in Bobo-Dioulasso. He signed on a free transfer for Romanian club U Cluj in November 2007 and ha ...
, Burkina Faso footballer
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Moussa Moussa (sometimes spelled Mousa) is both a given name and a surname. It is a Gallicized spelling of the Arabic name '' Mūsā'' ( ar, موسی, " Moses"). Notable people with the name include:
Given name: Moussa
* Moussa Ag Amastan, Amenokal of th ...
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Muhammad (name)
Muhammad (), also spelled Muhammed or Muhamad or Mohammad or Mohammed or Mohamed or in a variety of other ways, is an Arabic given male name literally meaning 'Praiseworthy'. The name comes from the passive participle of the Arabic verb (حَم ...