title: Bakari (name)
text: # Bakari (name)
  
  Bakari is both a given name and a surname of African origin.
  
  Notable people with the given name include:
  
  * Bakari Fofana (born 1962), Malian footballer
  * Bakari Grant (born 1987), Canadian football player
  * Bakari Hendrix (born 1977), American basketball player
  * Michael Bakari Jordan (born 1987), American actor
  * Bakari Koné (born 1981), Ivorian footballer
  * Bakari Sellers (born 1984), American attorney, politician and commentator
  
  Notable people with the surname include:
  
  * Bahia Bakari (born 1996), French airplane crash survivor
  * Dagui Bakari (born 1974), French-Ivorian footballer
  * Grace Bakari (born 1954), Ghanaian sprinter
  * Nurdin Bakari (born 1988), Tanzanian footballer
  * Oumar Bakari (born 1980), French footballer
  * Saïd Bakari (born 1994), French-Comorian footballer
  * Tareq Bakari (born 1988), Moroccan writer
  