The Mandinka or Malinke are a West African ethnic group primarily found in southern Mali, the Gambia, southern Senegal and eastern Guinea. Numbering about 11 million, they are the largest subgroup of the Mandé peoples and one of the largest ethnic-linguistic groups in Africa. They speak the Manding languages in the Mande language family, which are a lingua franca in much of West Africa. Virtually all of Mandinka people are adherent to Islam, mostly based on the Maliki jurisprudence. They are predominantly subsistence farmers and live in rural villages. Their largest urban center is Bamako, the capital of Mali.
Amadou Touré is a Burundian-Burkinabé former footballer who last played in Luxembourg.
Cissé is a common West African name of Soninke origin, and the meaning of Cissé is the white horse in the same language.
Patriotic League for Development was an open mass front of the African Independence Party (PAI) in Burkina Faso. LIPAD was founded in September 1973. LIPAD was led by Arba Diallo. The militants of LIPAD were generally called lipadistes.
Touré is the French transcription of a West African surname. The name is probably derived from tùùré, the word for 'elephant' in Soninké, the language of the Ghana Empire. The clan existed as kings of Zaghari on the middle Niger before the Moroccan invasion of Ghana. A theory of their origin holds that the Touré are descended from the "Roum," pre-Arab North African soldiers, and local women.
Abdoulaye is a West African masculine given name and surname. It is equivalent to the Arabic names Abdallah or Abdullah, given name of Muhammad's father. People with this name include:
Amadou is the Francophonic-orthography variant of the Islamic name Ahmad, commonly used in West Africa. Amadou is interchangeable with the forms Ahmadu or Amadu in non-Francophone African countries.
Diallo is a French pronunciation of a West African surname of Fula origin. It is one of several common surnames used among the Fula.
Adama Guira is a Burkinabé professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chinese club Qingdao Hainiu and the Burkina Faso national team.
Diakité is a family name of Fula origin.
Ouédraogo, sometimes Ouedraogo, is a surname taken from the French spelling of Wedraogo, semi-legendary son of princess Yennenga and founder of the Mossi Kingdoms.
Adama is a Hebrew given name meaning earth or soil, and a Hindu surname.
Adama Touré, often simply known as Adama, is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder.
Adama Fofana may refer to:
Sawadogo is a Burkinabé surname and may refer to:
Soumane Touré (1948–2021) was a Burkinabé trade unionist and politician. Touré was an activist in student movement during his youth and joined the communist African Independence Party (PAI). He was the general secretary of the Burkinabé Trade Union Confederation (CSB) for many years and was a prominent leader of the Patriotic League for Development (LIPAD) mass movement. He was arrested on several occasions by different regimes, and was sentenced to death in 1987. He was elected to the National Assembly in 2002 and ran for president in 2005.
Adama Touré was a Burkinabé trade unionist. He worked as an agent at Société Nationale d'électricité du Burkina Faso (SONABEL). As of the 1980s he was the Secretary of the Trade Union of Technicians and Workers of Burkina and Secretary for External Relations for the Burkinabé Trade Union Confederation (CSB). He was a leader of the Patriotic League for Development (LIPAD) and a member of the Central Executive Bureau of the African Independence Party (PAI).
Adama Abdoulaye Touré (1936–2012) was a Burkinabé politician. Touré was radical student activist and became a leading member of the communist African Independence Party (PAI), and would become the leader of the party in Upper Volta/Burkina Faso. He was a teacher at a military academy and played a significant role in forming the ideological outlook of military leaders who would govern the country after the 1983 revolution. He served as Minister of Information in the revolutionary government 1983–1984, but was imprisoned after the split between PAI and the military. He carried the nick-name 'Lénine'.
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