title: Mamadou
text: # 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 history at Columbia University
  
  ## Arts and music
  
  * Mamadou Diabaté, Malian kora player
  * Mamadou Diop (musician), Senegalese rhythm guitarist and band leader
  * Mamadou Konte, Senegalese music producer
  
  ## Government
  
  * Mamadou (mansa), ruler of the Mali Empire
  * Mamadou Blaise Sangaré, Malian politician, president of the Social Democratic Convention
  * Mamadou Boye Bah, Guinean economist and politician
  * Mamadou Kamara Dékamo, Congo-Brazzaville politician and diplomat
  * Mamadou Dembelé, Malian politician
  * Mamadou Dia, Senegalese politician, former prime minister
  * Mamadou Diop (politician), Senegalese politician, former mayor of Dakar
  * Mamadou Koulibaly, Ivorian politician
  * Mamadou Lamine Loum, Senegalese politician, former prime minister
  * Mamadou Lamine Traoré, Malian politician
  * Mamadou Maidah, Nigerien politician and diplomat
  * Mamadou Ouédraogo, French Upper Volta (present-day Burkina Faso) politician
  * Mamadou Samba Barry, Burkina Faso politician, secretary of the New Social Democracy party
  * Mamadou Seck (politician), Senegalese politician, president of the National Assembly of Senegal
  * Mamadou Sylla (politician), Guinean judge and businessman
  * Mamadou Tandja, Nigerien politician, former president
  
  ## Sports
  
  * Mamadou Alimou Diallo, Guinean footballer
  * Mamadou Bagayoko, Malian footballer
  * Mamadou Bagayoko (footballer, born 1989), Ivorian footballer
  * Mamadou Bah, Guinean footballer
  * Mamadou Baldé, Senegalese footballer
  * Mamadou Camara, French footballer
  * Mamadou Danso, Gambian footballer
  * Mamadou Dansoko, Ivorian footballer
  * Mamadou Chérif Dia, Malian long and triple jumper
  * Mamadou Diabang, Senegalese footballer
  * Mamadou Diakité, Malian footballer
  * Mamadou Diallo (disambiguation), multiple people
  * Mamadou Diarra, Malian basketball player
  * Mamadou Diop (basketball, born 1955), Senegalese basketball player at the 1980 Summer Olympics
  * Mamadou Djikine, Malian footballer
  * Mamadou Doumbia (footballer, born 1980), Ivorian footballer
  * Mamadou Gueye (jumper), Senegalese long and triple jumper
  * Mamadou Gueye (sprinter), Senegalese 400 metres sprinter
  * Mamadou N'Diaye (disambiguation), multiple people
  * Mamadou Niang, Senegalese footballer
  * Mamadou Sakho, French footballer of Senegalese descent
  * Mamadou Samassa (footballer, born 1986), French-born Malian international footballer also of Senegalese descent
  * Mamadou Samassa (footballer, born 1990), French-born Malian international footballer
  * Mamadou Seck, Senegalese footballer
  * Mamadou Tall, Burkina Faso footballer
  * Mamadou Wague, French footballer
  * Mamadou Zaré, Ivorian football manager
  * Mamadou Zongo, Burkina Faso footballer
  