Mamadou
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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.[1]: 392 In Francophone countries, the name is sometimes used as a slur towards people of African descent.[citation needed]
- Mamadou Diouf (historian), Senegalese professor of West African history at Columbia University
Arts and music
- Mamadou Diabaté (born 1975), Malian kora player
- Mamadou Diop (musician) (born 1954), Senegalese rhythm guitarist and band leader
- Mamadou Konte (died 2007), Senegalese music producer
- Mamadou "Jimi" Mbaye (1957–2025), Senegalese guitarist
Government
- Mamadou (mansa), ruler of the Mali Empire
- Mamadou Blaise Sangaré (born 1954), Malian politician, president of the Social Democratic Convention
- Mamadou Boye Bah (1930–2009), Guinean economist and politician
- Mamadou Dagra, Nigerien legal scholar and politician
- Mamadou Kamara Dékamo (born 1949), Congo-Brazzaville politician and diplomat
- Mamadou Dembelé (1934–2016), Malian politician
- Mamadou Dia (1910–2009), Senegalese politician, former prime minister
- Mamadou Diop (politician) (1936–2018), Senegalese politician, former mayor of Dakar
- Mamadou Koulibaly (born 1957), Ivorian politician
- Mamadou Lamine Loum (born 1952), Senegalese politician, former prime minister
- Mamadou Lamine Traoré (1947–2007), Malian politician
- Mamadou Maidah (1924–2005), Nigerien politician and diplomat
- Mamadou Ouédraogo (1906–1978), French Upper Volta (present-day Burkina Faso) politician
- Mamadou Samba Barry, Burkina Faso politician, secretary of the New Social Democracy party
- Mamadou Seck (politician) (born 1947), Senegalese politician, president of the National Assembly of Senegal
- Mamadou Sylla (politician) (1960–2026), Guinean judge and businessman
- Mamadou Tandja (1938–2020), Nigerien politician, former president
