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Abdoulaye Diawara (born 26 January 1983 in Paris) is a French-born Malian football player who currently plays for CA Bastia. He played for Paris from 2007 to 2013. On June 2013, he signed for SR Colmar.
Lamine Diawara (born 1971 in Bamako) is a Malian basketball player with Al Ittihad Aleppo in Syria. A member of the Mali national basketball team, Diawara was both the import player of the year and player of the year in 2005-06 in Syria. Prior to pla
Fatoumata Bagayoko (born May 23, 1988) is a Malian women’s basketball player. Bagayoko competed for Mali at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she scored 21 in 5 games, including 8 points in the final loss to Spain. She was born in Bamako and plays for
Samba Sow (born 29 April 1989 in Bamako) is a Malian professional footballer who plays for Kayserispor.
Bano Traoré (born April 25, 1985 in Ivry-sur-Seine, France) is a Malian athlete who specialises in the 110 meter hurdles. Traoré initially represented his birth country, France. He competed at the 2007 World Athletics Championships and the 2007 Eur
Lobi Traoré (1961 – 1 June 2010) was a Malian musician. He was born in the village of Bakaridianna, on the Niger River close to Ségou and died in Bamako. His singing has been described in The Economist as “flat, strangely penetrating tone, somewh
Nassira Traoré (born October 28, 1988) is a Malian women’s basketball player. Traore competed for Mali at the 2008 Summer Olympics, where she did not score in 4 games. She was born in Bamako.
Mamadou Samassa (born 16 February 1990 in Montreuil) is a French-born Malian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for French club Guingamp in the Ligue 1, the top level of French football. He is a French youth international and represented France at
Inna Bocoum, also known as Inna Modja, (born May 19, 1984) is a Malian-French female singer and model. “Modja” means “bad, not good” in Fulfulde.
Bakary Sako (born 26 April 1988) is a French-born Malian international footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Crystal Palace.
Souleymane Cissé (born April 21, 1940) is a Malian film director.