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This is a list of notable persons by nationality.
Mustafa is one of the names of Prophet Muhammad, and the name means "chosen, selected, appointed, preferred", used as an Arabic given name and surname. Mustafa is a common name in the Muslim world.
Garba may refer to:
Traoré or Traore is a surname of Manding origin, as written in French orthography, which is common in Mali, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast and Guinea. In anglophone West Africa the name is often spelled Trawally.
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.
Yakubu is an English transliteration of a West African name and is a cognate of Jacob and James. Notable people with the name include:
ʻAbd al-Razzāq is a male Muslim given name, and in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words ʻabd and al-Razzāq, one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names. It means "servant of the all-provider".
Adamu is a surname or given name.
Niger sent five athletes, their second largest contingent ever, equalling the most sports in which they have participated. to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. It was Niger's 10th Olympics; their only medalist has been Issaka Dabore, in boxing, at the 1972 games.
Diallo is a transcription of an African surname of Fula origin. It is one of several common surnames used among the Fula.
Adamou is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Boubacar is both a surname and a given name, which is a West African variant of Abu Bakr.
Adama is a Hebrew given name meaning earth or soil, and a Hindu surname.
West Africans in the United States are Americans with ancestry from West Africa. They include:
Black people in Japan are Japanese residents or citizens of sub-Saharan African ancestry.
Mariama is a female name. It may refer to:
Innocent is a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Idrissa is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
Garba is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
References
- ↑ Zawawi, Sharifa (1998). African Muslim Names: Images and Identities. Africa World Press. p. 121. ISBN 0865435723.
- ↑ "Nouveaux prenoms des peuls au cameroun" [New forenames of the Fula in Cameroon]. Sociétés africaines et diaspora (6): 14. 1997. ISBN 2738457878.
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