Bakari is both a given name and a surname of African origin.
Notable people with the given name include:
Notable people with the surname include:
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.
Alli is a surname and a unisex given name. Notable people with the name include:
Diarra is a French translation of the clan name Jara used in West Africa, as a hangover from the French colonial empire in that region. It originates from the Bambara language word jara, meaning lion, synonymous with waraba. The Kingdom of Diarra existed from the 7th Century until the 19th Century. The name is also frequently used with reference to the 18th to early 19th-century Bambara Empire in Ségou, Mali, which was ruled successively by Ngolo Diarra, his son Mansong Diarra, and then his son Da Diarra.
Didier is a French masculine given name and surname common throughout the Romance languages. It comes from the Ancient Roman name Didius. During the 5th century AD, with the Christianisation of ancient pagan names, it became associated with the name Desiderius, related to Latin desiderium – which can be translated as "ardent desire" or "the longed-for".
Fofana is a surname. Notable persons with that name include:
Diaby is a surname, and may refer to:
Ismaël is a given name or surname, and may refer to:
Diabaté is a surname. It can be found in Mali, Côte d'Ivoire, France, and Burkina Faso.
Diallo is a French pronunciation of a Fulani surname of Fula origin. It is one of several common surnames used among the Fula.
Konaté or Konate is a West-African patronymic surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Bakary is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Kanté is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Kouassi is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Diakité is a family name of Fula origin.
Diomande or Diomandé is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Faki is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Koné (KOH-nay), also spelt Kone, is a surname found mostly in North and West Africa, in particular Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, and Guinea.
Innocent is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Kamara is an African surname that is most common in Sierra Leone. It may refer to the following notable people:
Bahin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: