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 ...
Scholars of
Sankore Madrasah
Sankoré Madrasa (also called the University of Sankoré, or Sankore Masjid) is one of three ancient centers of learning located in Timbuktu, Mali. It is believed to be established by Mansa Musa, who was the ruler of the Mali Empire, though the S ...
Scholars wrote their own books as part of a
socioeconomic
Socioeconomics (also known as social economics) is the social science that studies how economic activity affects and is shaped by social processes. In general it analyzes how modern societies progress, stagnate, or regress because of their l ...
model. Students were charged with copying these books and any other books they could get their hands on. Today there are over 700,000 manuscripts in Timbuktu with many dating back to West Africa's Golden Age (12th-16th centuries).
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Ahmad Baba al Massufi
Aḥmad Bābā al-Timbuktī (), full name Abū al-Abbās Aḥmad ibn Aḥmad ibn Aḥmad ibn Umar ibn Muhammad Aqit al-Takrūrī Al-Massufi al-Timbuktī (1556 – 1627 CE, 963 – 1036 H), was a Sanhaja Berber writer, scholar, and politi ...
(1556–1627)
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Mohammed Bagayogo
Mohammed Bagayogo Es Sudane Al Wangari Al Timbukti was an eminent scholar from Timbuktu, Mali. He was the Sheik and professor of highly esteemed scholar, Ahmed Baba and teacher at the Sankore Madrasah, one of three philosophical schools in Mal ...
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Al-Qadi Aqib ibn Mahmud ibn Umar
''Qadi'' al-Aqib ibn Mahmud ibn Umar ibn Muhammad Aqit (; 1507/15081583) was a Sanhaja Berber ''qadi'' (supreme Judge) of Timbuktu and ''Imam'' of Sankore mosque.
Life
al-Aqib ibn Mahmud was born in 1507/1508 to the Sanhaja Berber Aqit family ...
Writers
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Ahmad Baba al Massufi
Aḥmad Bābā al-Timbuktī (), full name Abū al-Abbās Aḥmad ibn Aḥmad ibn Aḥmad ibn Umar ibn Muhammad Aqit al-Takrūrī Al-Massufi al-Timbuktī (1556 – 1627 CE, 963 – 1036 H), was a Sanhaja Berber writer, scholar, and politi ...
Ibrahima Aya
Ibrahima Aya (born 10 October 1967 in Goundam, Mali) is a Malian writer.
Biography
Ibrahima Aya studied agronomy in the Moldavian SSR. He became an agronomist, notable for an integrated lake development project, and a consultant for the organ ...
(born 1967)
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Amadou Hampâté Bâ
Amadou Hampâté Bâ ( ff, 𞤀𞤸𞤥𞤢𞤣𞤵 𞤖𞤢𞤥𞤨𞤢𞥄𞤼𞤫 𞤄𞤢𞥄, Ahmadu Hampaate Baa, 1900/1901 – 15 May 1991) was a Malian writer, historian and ethnologist. He was an influential figure in twentieth-cent ...
(1900–1991)
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Adame Ba Konaré
Adame Ba Konaré (born 1 May 1947 in Segu, Mali) is a Malian historian and writer who is married to Alpha Oumar Konaré, former President of Mali. She is active in several causes for newborns and refugees.
Life
Adame Ba Konaré was born in Sé ...
(born 1947)
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Massa Makan Diabaté
Massa Makan Diabaté (June 12, 1938 – January 27, 1988) was a Malian historian, author, and playwright.
Biography
Born in 1938 in Kita, Massa Makan Diabaté was the descendant of a long line of West African poets (griots). His uncle, Kélé ...
(1938–1988)
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Souéloum Diagho
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Aminata Traoré
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Assane Kouyaté
Assane Kouyaté (born 1954) is a Malian film director.
Biography
Assane Kouyaté was born in Bamako in 1954. In 1976 he got his degree in arts from the Ecole Normale Supérieure of Bamako, then went to the Moscow Institute of Cinema and Telev ...
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Cheick Oumar Sissoko
Cheick Oumar Sissoko (born 1945 in San, Mali) is a Malian film director and politician.
Biography
As a student in Paris, Cheick Oumar Sissoko obtained a DEA in African History and Sociology and a diploma in History and Cinema from the Ecole ...
Griot
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The griot is a repos ...
Baba Sissoko
Baba Sissoko (born 8 March 1963) is a percussionist from Mali.
Career
Born and raised in Bamako,Di Fazio, Di Maurizio (2015)Baba Sissoko: "La paura è una malattia. Quando cominci ad averla sei già spacciato", ''L'Espresso'', 21 November 2015. ...
Balla Tounkara Balla Tounkara is a kora player and singer from Mali.
He was born in Mali into a family of ''griot''s, who traditionally played music to the kings of the Malian Empire in their royal court. He started to learn the kora as a child.
Tounkara has r ...
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Djelimady Tounkara
Djelimady Tounkara is a Malian musician and one of the foremost guitarists in Africa.
Life and career
Born in the culturally rich town of Kita, west of the Malian capital, Bamako, Djelimady grew up surrounded with traditional music played by mem ...
Toumani Diabaté
Toumani Diabaté ( ; born 10 August 1965) is a Malian kora player. In addition to performing the traditional music of Mali, he has also been involved in cross-cultural collaborations with flamenco, blues, jazz, and other international styles. ...
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Yaya Diallo
Yaya Diallo is a musician and author from the Republic of Mali.
Background
Yaya Diallo was born in 1946 in the village of Fienso (French Sudan) now Mali, to a nomadic Fula father and a Minianka mother. Yaya was raised in a culture that works ...
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Tiken Jah Fakoly
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Early life
Doumbia Moussa Fakoly was born on 23 June 1968 in Odienné, Kabadougou Region, nor ...
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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. Th ...
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Salif Keita
Salif Keïta () (born 25 August 1949) is a Malian singer-songwriter, referred to as the "Golden Voice of Africa". He is a member of the Keita royal family of Mali.
Biography Early life
Salif Keita was born a traditional prince in the village o ...
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Mamani Keïta
Assitan Keïta, popularly known as Mamani Keïta (born 20 October 1965, in Bamako) is a singer and musician from Mali. "Mamani" literally means "grandmother".
She was raised speaking Bambara, and was a backup singer for Salif Keita. She is best ...
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Habib Koité
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Drissa Kone
Drissa Kone (born 1960) is a djembe master drummer from Mali.
Early life
Drissa Kone was born in 1960 in a village named Kourouba, around south of the capital, Bamako. At an early age, and against the will of his parents, he began drumming in ...
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Kandia Kouyaté
Kandia Kouyaté (also known as Kandja Kouyaté, born in 1959 in Kita, Mali) is a Malian ''jelimuso'' (a female griot) and kora player; she has earned the prestigious title of ''ngara'', and is sometimes called ''La dangereuse'' and ''La grande ve ...
Amadou et Mariam
Amadou & Mariam are a musical duo from Mali, composed of the Bamako-born couple Amadou Bagayoko (guitar and vocals) (born 24 October 1954) and Mariam Doumbia (vocals) (born 15 April 1958).
Their album '' Welcome To Mali'' (2008) was nominated ...
Oumou Sangaré
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Ko Kan Ko Sata
Kokanko Sata is a musician from southern Mali. She plays the kamale n'goni, a traditional eight-stringed lute, and is said to be the only woman who plays this instrument.
Her self-named album features her singing and playing the kamele n'goni, ...
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Baba Sissoko
Baba Sissoko (born 8 March 1963) is a percussionist from Mali.
Career
Born and raised in Bamako,Di Fazio, Di Maurizio (2015)Baba Sissoko: "La paura è una malattia. Quando cominci ad averla sei già spacciato", ''L'Espresso'', 21 November 2015. ...
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Jali Nyama Suso
Jali Nyama Suso (circa 1925–1991) was a kora player from Gambia. He had a program on Radio Gambia for 20 years. He had his first album in 1971 while he was teaching at the University of Washington. In the 1980s he toured in England, France, Ge ...
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Tinariwen
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Djelimady Tounkara
Djelimady Tounkara is a Malian musician and one of the foremost guitarists in Africa.
Life and career
Born in the culturally rich town of Kita, west of the Malian capital, Bamako, Djelimady grew up surrounded with traditional music played by mem ...
Rokia Traoré
Rokia Traoré (born 24. January 1974) is a Malian-born singer, songwriter and guitarist.
She made six albums between 1998 and 2016. ''Bowmboï'' (2003) won the Critics Award category at the BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music in 2004 and ''Tcham ...
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Aya Nakamura
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She was born in Bamako, Mali and emigrated to France with her family, growing up in A ...
Alioune Bâ
Alioune Bâ (born 1959) is a Malian photographer.
Bâ was born in Bamako. He started working for the Musée National du Mali (National Museum of Mali) in 1983. His art focuses on the body, in particular the hands and feet of his subjects.
Publica ...
Malick Sidibé
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Sidi Yahya Sidi Yahya may refer to:
People
*Arabic name of John the Baptist, who is a prophet in Islam.
*Sidi Yaya Keita, Malian footballer
Places
Morocco
*Sidi Yahya El Gharb, town in Kénitra Province
*Sidi Yahya Ou Youssef, commune in Khénifra Provin ...
Ouati Keita Mansa Wati (French language, French: "Ouati") was the third Mansa (title), mansa of the Mali Empire reigning from 1270 to 1274.
Mansa Wati was one of two adopted children from among Sundjata's generals. He was raised in the royal court as a prince ...
(1270–1274)
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Khalifa Keita
Khalifa was a 13th-century Mansa of the Mali Empire mentioned by the medieval Arab scholar Ibn Khaldun
Ibn Khaldun (; ar, أبو زيد عبد الرحمن بن محمد بن خلدون الحضرمي, ; 27 May 1332 – 17 March 1406, 732-8 ...
(1274–1275)
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Abu Bakr
Abu Bakr Abdallah ibn Uthman Abi Quhafa (; – 23 August 634) was the senior companion and was, through his daughter Aisha, a father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, as well as the first caliph of Islam. He is known with the honor ...
Gao
Gao , or Gawgaw/Kawkaw, is a city in Mali and the capital of the Gao Region. The city is located on the River Niger, east-southeast of Timbuktu on the left bank at the junction with the Tilemsi valley.
For much of its history Gao was an impor ...
(1300–1305)
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Mohammed ibn Gao
Muhammad ibn Qu ( ar, محمد بن قو, Muḥammad ibn Qū; fl. 14th century) was the eighth mansa of the Mali Empire. He succeeded his father, Mansa Qu, and was the predecessor of Mali's most famous ruler, Mansa Musa. The exact dates of Muhamm ...
Maghan
Maghan I (1280s-1341) was a mansa of the Mali Empire, following his father Kankan Musa I's death in 1337. Aside from legendary founder Sundiata, Kankan Musa I is generally regarded as the most successful of the Malian emperors, and Maghan inheri ...
Sandaki
Mansa Sandaki or Sandaki Mari Djata, also known as Sandiki or Santigi, was a mansa of the Mali Empire from 1389 to 1390.
As Sandaki of Musa II
During the reign of Mansa Musa II (1374-1387), the empire was run by the court's ''sandaki'' ("high c ...
(1389–1390)
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Mahmud
Mahmud is a transliteration of the male Arabic given name (), common in most parts of the Islamic world. It comes from the Arabic triconsonantal root Ḥ-M-D, meaning ''praise'', along with ''Muhammad''.
Siam Mahmud
*Mahmood (singer) (born 1 ...
(1390–1400)
Note: As the Mali Empire and the modern nation of Mali substantially overlap most of these names likely do apply, but some may not.
Bambara Empire
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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 ...
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Ngolo Diarra Ngolo Diarra was the king of the Bambara Empire from 1766 to 1795.
Following the 1755 death of empire founder Bitòn Coulibaly, his descendants (the Bitonsi) proved unable to maintain control, the kingdom fell briefly into chaos. Ngolo Diarra, a f ...
(1766–1795)
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Mansong Diarra
Mansong Diarra (–1808), also rendered Monzon Jara, was ruler of the Bambara Empire from 1795 to 1808.
Son of king Ngolo Diarra, Monzon or Mansong assumed the throne of Ségou following his father's death. He earned renown as a great warrior, ...
(1795–1808)
Massina Empire
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Seku Amadu
Sheikhu Ahmadu ( ar-at, شيخ أحمد بن محمّد لبّو, Shaykh Aḥmadu bin Muḥammadu Lobbo; ff, Seeku Aamadu ; ) (c. 1776 – 20 April 1845) was the Fulbe founder of the Massina Empire (Diina of Hamdullahi) in the Inner Niger D ...
(1820–1845)
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Amadu II of Masina
Amadu II of Massina (أحمد بن أحمد حمادي; ff, Amadu Amadu Hammadi; c. 1815 – February 1853), also called Amadu Seku, was the second Almami, or ruler, of the theocratic Caliphate of Hamdullahi or Diina of Hamdullahi in what i ...
(1845–1852)
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Amadu III of Masina
Amadu III of Masina ( ar, أحمد بن أحمد بن أحمد لبّو, ff, italic=yes, Āmadu mo Āmadu mo Āmadu Lobbo), also known as Amadu Amadu (1830 - 16 May 1862) was the third and last ruler of the theocratic Caliphate of Hamdullahi (Di ...
(1852–1862)
Various kingdoms
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Sulayman Bal Shaykh Sulayman Bal ( ar, شيخ سليمان بال, died 1775) was an 18th-century African leader, warrior, and Islamic scholar, from the Futa Toro region in what is today western Mali.
In the 1760s and 1770s, Sulayman Bal founded one of the earl ...
(died 1775)
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Babemba Traoré
Babemba Traoré was a king of the Kénédougou Empire. Following the 1893 death of his brother Tieba Traoré, Babemba assumed the Kénédougou throne. The capital, Sikasso, was beset at this time by both the Mandinka forces of Samory Touré and ...
Soumaïla Cissé
Soumaïla Cissé (20 December 1949 – 25 December 2020) was a Malian politician who served in the government of Mali as Minister of Finance from 1993 to 2000. He thrice stood unsuccessfully as a presidential candidate, in 2002, 2013 and 2018; on ...
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Mamadou Dembelé Mamadou Dembelé (21 January 1934 – 9 October 2016) was a Mali
Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, J ...
- former Prime Minister
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Yoro Diakité Yoro Diakité (17 October 1932 – 13 June 1973) was a Malian politician and military figure. Diakite was the Prime Minister of Mali and Head of the Provisional Government from 19 November 1968 to 18 September 1969, and then Vice President
A v ...
- former Prime Minister
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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 ...
Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta
Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta (; 29 January 1945 – 16 January 2022), often known by his initials IBK, was a Malian politician who served as the president of Mali from September 2013 to August 2020, when he was forced to resign in the 2020 Malian cou ...
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Modibo Keïta
Modibo Keïta (4 June 1915 – 16 May 1977) was the first President of Mali (1960–1968) and the Prime Minister of the Mali Federation. He espoused a form of African socialism.
Youth
Keïta was born in Bamako-Coura, a neighborhood of Ba ...
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Alpha Oumar Konaré
Alpha Oumar Konaré (born 2 February 1946) is a Malian politician, who served as President of Mali for two five-year terms from 1992 to 2002 and was Chairperson of the African Union Commission from 2003 to 2008.
Scholarly career
Alpha Oumar K ...
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Garan Fabou Kouyate
Garan Fabou Kouyaté (April 25, 1925 - April 1, 2016) was a Malian civil and social figure. He was a member of Mali's Association for Unity and the Progress of Islam (AMUPI), Director of Mali's first Islamic radio La Voix du Coran et du Hadith an ...
Choguel Kokalla Maïga
Choguel Kokalla Maïga (born 1958) is a Malian politician and President of the Patriotic Movement for Renewal, a political party in Mali, and current Prime Minister of the Transition. He served in the government as Minister of Industry and Trade ...
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Patriotic Movement for Renewal
The Patriotic Movement for Renewal () is a political party in Mali.
The MPR candidate in the presidential election held on 28 April 2002 was Choguel Kokalla Maïga, who won 2.7% of the vote.
In the parliamentary election held on 14 July 2002, ...
Moctar Ouane
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Cheick Oumar Sissoko
Cheick Oumar Sissoko (born 1945 in San, Mali) is a Malian film director and politician.
Biography
As a student in Paris, Cheick Oumar Sissoko obtained a DEA in African History and Sociology and a diploma in History and Cinema from the Ecole ...
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Soumana Sacko
Dr. Soumana Sacko (born 23 December 1950) is a Malian politician and economist. Sacko served as Prime Minister from 9 April 1991 to 9 June 1992 during the first and transitional presidency of Amadou Toumani Touré.
Education
Sacko obtained a Dip ...
- former Prime Minister
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Abdoulaye Sékou Sow
Abdoulaye Sékou Sow (1931 – 27 May 2013) was a Malian politician who served as Prime Minister of Mali from 12 April 1993 to 4 February 1994 under President Alpha Oumar Konaré.
Career
Sow was director of the ''École Nationale d'Administra ...
- former Prime Minister
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Ousmane Sy
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Ousmane Sy was born in Bandiagara, Mali. He received his higher education in France. He holds a Doctorate in Economic and Social Development (University of Paris I) and two advanced Diploma ...
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Mountaga Tall
Mountaga Tall (born December 10, 1956) is a Malian politician who is President of the National Congress for Democratic Initiative (CNID)Ascofare Oulematou Tamboura
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Amadou Toumani Touré
Amadou Toumani Touré (4 November 19489 November 2020) was a Malian politician. He supervised Mali's first multiparty elections as chairman of the transitional government (1991–1992), and later became the second democratically-elected Presiden ...
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Younoussi Touré
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- former Prime Minister
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Dioncounda Traoré
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- Party President of the
Alliance for Democracy in Mali
The Alliance for Democracy in Mali – African Party for Solidarity and Justice (french: Alliance pour la démocratie au Mali – Parti africain pour la solidarité et la justice, ADEMA-PASJ) is a political party in Mali.
On October 25, 1990, oppo ...
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Moussa Traoré
Moussa Traoré (25 September 1936 – 15 September 2020) was a Malian soldier, politician, and dictator who was President of Mali from 1968 to 1991. As a Lieutenant, he led the military ousting of President Modibo Keïta in 1968. Thereafter he ...
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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. ...
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Yeah Samake
Niankoro Yéah Samaké () (born February 27, 1969) is a social entrepreneur and politician from Ouélessébougou, Mali. Samaké served as the Malian Ambassador to India. He was nominated by the Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta in May 2015 a ...
Scientists
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Cheick Modibo Diarra
Cheick Modibo Diarra (born 1952) is a Malian astrophysicist, businessman, and politician who was acting Prime Minister of Mali from April 2012 to December 2012.
On 11 December 2012, Diarra presented his resignation on state television in a bro ...
Ousmane Cisse
Ousmane Cisse (born October 20, 1982) is a Malian retired professional basketball player. Standing at 6' 9" he played both power forward and center positions. In 2005-06 he was the top rebounder in the Israel Basketball Premier League, as well as ...
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Soumaila Samake
Soumaila Samake (born March 18, 1978) is a Malian former professional basketball player. A 7'0" tall center, he was drafted by the New Jersey Nets in the second round of the 2000 NBA draft, and played for the Nets and the Los Angeles Lakers. He ...
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 ...
Mahamadou Diarra
Mahamadou Diarra (born 18 May 1981) is a Malian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He served as captain for the Mali national team.
Club career OFI Crete
Diarra started his professional career at Greek clu ...
Frédéric Kanouté
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Salif Keita
Salif Keïta () (born 25 August 1949) is a Malian singer-songwriter, referred to as the "Golden Voice of Africa". He is a member of the Keita royal family of Mali.
Biography Early life
Salif Keita was born a traditional prince in the village o ...
- footballer
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Seydou Keita
Seydou Keïta (; anglicised to Keita; born 16 January 1980) is a Malian former footballer. A versatile midfielder, he operated as both a central or defensive midfielder.
Keita most notably played for Lens (five seasons) and Barcelona (four ...
Tenema N'Diaye
Tenema N'Diaye (born 13 February 1981) is a Malian former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Club career
N'Diaye was born in Bamako. In August 2010, he joined FC Metz
Football Club de Metz, commonly referred to as FC Metz ...
Rafan Sidibé
Rafan Sidibé (born 12 March 1984) is a Malian former professional footballer who played as a forward.
Club career
Born in Bamako, Sidibé played for JS Centre Salif Keita and Stade Malien in his native Mali before moving to Algeria where he j ...
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Mohamed Sissoko
Mohamed Lamine Sissoko (born 22 January 1985) is a former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
Born in France, he could have elected to play for France internationally, but chose instead to play for the national side of ...
Jean Tigana
Amadou Jean Tigana (born 23 June 1955) is a French former footballer and coach. He has played in midfield and managed professional football extensively throughout France, including 52 appearances and one goal for the France national football team ...
Alioune Touré
Alioune Kissima Touré (born 9 September 1978) is a French former professional footballer. He is an attacking midfielder but can play both as a forward or as a winger.
Playing career
Born in Saint-Denis, Alioune started his career in 1996 wi ...
Djimi Traoré
Djimi Traoré (born 1 March 1980) is a former professional footballer and was an assistant coach for Seattle Sounders FC. He played as a left back or centre back. Born in France, Traoré was a member of the Malian national team and at club l ...
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Dramane Traoré
Dramane Traoré (born 17 June 1982) is a Malian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He made 30 appearances scoring 7 goals for the Mali national team.
International career
Traoré was a regular for the Mali national tea ...
Olympic athletes
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Cheick Bathily
Cheick Oumar Bathily (born 10 October 1982) is a retired Malian football goalkeeper.
Career
In 2009 left Djoliba AC
Djoliba Athletic Club is a Malian football club and one of the two biggest teams in Mali alongside the Stade Malien. The ...
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Mamadi Berthe
Mamadi Berthe (born 17 January 1983) is a French retired footballer.
Career
Berthe was part of the Mali U-20 team who finish third in group stage of 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship.
He was part of the Malian 2004 Olympic football team, who ...
Soumaila Diakite Soumaila is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
* Soumaïla Cissé (born 1949), Malian politician
* Soumaila Coulibaly (born 1978), Malian footballer
* Soumaila Diakite (born 1984), Malian footballer
* Soumaila Samake
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Boucader Diallo
Boucader Diallo (born 14 September 1984) is a Malian football player.
Career
Diallo began his career with Stade Malien. In December 2008, he signed a 4-year transfer contract with Sudanese side Al-Merreikh.
International career
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Boubacar Koné
Aboubacar Sidiki Koné (born 21 August 1984) is a Malian football player who last played for Customs United in Thai League 2.
Career
Koné played for AS Bamako, before signed 2006 to Al-Merrikh SC. He played one and a half-year in Sudan f ...