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Konaté
Konaté or Konate is a West-African patronymic surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Abdoulaye Konaté (born 1953), Malian artist * Ben Konaté (born 1986), Ivorian-born Equatoguinean football player * Cheick Oumar Konaté *Djibril Konaté (born 1980), Malian football player *Famoudou Konaté, Malinké drummer from Guinea * Hamadou Konaté, Malian politician *Ibrahima Konaté, French football player * Kadiatou Konaté, Malian director and screenwriter *Karim Konaté * Losseni Konaté (born 1972), Ivorian football player *Madiou Konate (born 1982), Senegalese football player * Mamadou Konaté (1897–1956), Malian politician * Mamadou Konate (footballer) (born 1985), Ivorian football player *Moussa Konaté (1951–2013), Malian writer *Moussa Konaté (kickboxer), French Muay Thai kickboxer *Naré Maghann Konaté (died 1218), 12th-century king of the Mandinka people, in what is today Mali *Pape Moussa Konaté (born 1993), Senegalese football player * Pa Konate, Swedish Foo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiémoko Konaté
Tiémoko Konaté (born 3 March 1990) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a winger. Konaté started out his career in his native Ivory Coast before a prolific period at Czech club Sparta Prague where he would play for six years, winning the Czech First League championship and the Czech Cup in 2014. A dynamic winger, he is known for his agility and strong technique. Career Early career A winger, Konaté began his career in his native Ivory Coast at EFYM in Abidjan. During the 2011 season, the club advanced from the Ivorian second tier to the MTN Ligue 1 with Konaté being voted the Ligue 2 Player of the Year for his performances during the season. After the season ended, he joined Africa Sports who had won the championship the year before. In February 2012, he made his first appearance in the preliminary round of the CAF Champions League, as well as in the Coupe Houphouët-Boigny, the Ivorian Super Cup. The latter was a matchup against ASEC Mimosas, which Afric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibrahima Konaté
Ibrahima Konaté (born 25 May 1999) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Liverpool and the France national team. Starting off with Sochaux, Konaté moved to RB Leipzig in 2017. After four years with the club, Liverpool signed him in 2021 for a fee of £36 million. He won the EFL Cup and FA Cup in his first season. Early and personal life Ibrahima Konaté was born on 25 May 1999 in Paris. He grew up on a council estate in the 11th arrondissement of Paris and is the second youngest of eight children born to parents from Mali. He is a Muslim. Outside of football, Konaté is a fan of anime and manga, citing '' Attack on Titan'' as his favourite series. Club career Early career Konaté grew up in the 11th arrondissement of Paris and played as a teen for Paris FC youth teams. When he was 14, he left for Sochaux and joined their boarding academy at the age of 15. He started his career as a striker before moving to the defence. Sochau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Djibril Konaté
Djibril Konaté (born 2 September 1980) is a Malian association footballer who plays for Vendée Fontenay Foot. He usually plays as a right-back, but can also play as a centre-half and a defensive midfielder. He has played his entire career in France, with Mantes, Fontenay, Chamois Niortais and Angers and he was part of the Niort side which won the Championnat National in the 2005–06 season. Standing at a height of 1.94 metres, Konaté was the tallest player to play for Chamois Niortais during their professional era, between 1985 and 2009. Personal life Konaté was born on 2 September 1980 in the Malian city of Kayes, but his family moved to France whilst he was young. He has a brother, named Youssouf, who also played semi-professional football for Mantes, making two appearances in the Championnat de France amateur in the 2004–05 season. Career Early career Konaté started his senior career in 1997 playing for amateur outfit Mantes in the Championnat de France amateur 2, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Famoudou Konaté
Famoudou Konaté is a Malinké master drummer from Guinea. Famoudou Konaté is a virtuoso of the djembe drum and its orchestra. One of only a handful of initiated masters of the Malinké drumming tradition, Famoudou is universally respected as one of the world's premiere djembe master drummers. He has dedicated his life to performing and preserving the music of his people, helping to elevate the djembe orchestra from its traditional roots to worldwide popularity. Famoudou was born in 1940 near Sangbaralla, a village in the Hamana region of Upper Guinea, the Malinké heartland and the birthplace of the dundunba family of rhythms. A percussive prodigy, he was drumming in community festivals at the age of eight and was soon in demand as a djembefola across the region. From 1959 to 1985, Famoudou was the lead djembe soloist for Les Ballets Africains de la République de Guinée, touring the world and performing with astounding virtuosity. During this time, Famoudou himself created ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdoulaye Konaté
Abdoulaye Konaté (1 February 1953) is a Malian artist. He was born in Diré and lives and works in Bamako. Konaté studied painting at the Institut National des Arts de Bamako and then at the Instituto Superior de Arte, Havana, Cuba. Career Konaté worked as a graphic designer at the Musee National in Bamako. In 1998, he was appointed to be the Director of the Palais de la Culture. He now works as the principal of the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers Multimédia Balla Fasseké Kouyaté in Bamako, Mali. He and his work have received several awards, including in 2002 the Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mali and Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de France. Exhibitions Solo shows * 2013- Abdoulaye Konaté - Primo Marella Gallery Milan, Milan * 2011- Abdoulaye Konaté: Window Commission 2011 - Institute of International Visual Arts - iniva, London * 2009- Textiles - Heidelberger Forum für Kunst, Heidelberg * 1999- Abdoulaye Konaté - Tuchbilder + Installation - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sékouba Konaté
General Sékouba Konaté ( nqo, ߛߋߞߎߓߊ ߞߏ߬ߣߊ߬ߕߋ; born 6 June 1964) is an officer of the Guinean army who formerly served as the vice president of its military junta, the National Council for Democracy and Development. After attending military academy, he received the nickname "El Tigre" for his action in battle, and gained such popularity with the people he was favored to be president of the government. However, he was appointed vice president; but took control of the country when the president was shot in December 2009. Life Konaté was born in Conakry in 1964 to Mandinka parents. He attended the Académie Militaire Royale in the Moroccan city of Meknes, graduating in 1990. He suffers from an unknown physical illness, possibly of his liver. Military career For his military prowess in combat, Konaté was nicknamed "El Tigre". He was trained as a parachutist, and fought in many battles in the RFDG Insurgency during 2000–2001. Because of his reputation as a sold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yacouba Konaté
Yacouba Konaté (4 May 1953) is a curator, writer, art critic and professor of philosophy at the Université de Cocody in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. He is a member of l'Académie des Arts, des Sciences et des Cultures d'Afrique et des Diasporas in Abidjan and he leads the Africa Office of the Jean Paul Blachère's Foundation. In 1998, he was Fulbright Professor at Stanford University, between 2004–2008, he taught at l'École des hautes études en sciences sociales in France. In 2007, he taught at the Laval University in Canada and in 2007, he was a Carter Fellow at the University of Florida, Gainesville. In 2008, he became the president of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA). He is expert on the cultural development of "European Union". In 2000, he served as a Director of the National Institute of Arts and Culture and as a Director of the Cabinet of Ministers of Culture and Francophony. He is also head of the l'Institut national supérieur des Arts et de l' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Konaté
Ben Mamadou Konaté (born 3 January 1989) is a footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder. Born in the Ivory Coast, he played for the Equatorial Guinea national team. Club career Konaté has played for several clubs in Ivory Coast: Lazer, Réveil Daloa, Stade d'Abidjan, ASEC Mimosas (when Ivorian Romaric was still there) and Africa Sports. After that, he went to Burkina Faso, where he played football for Faso-Yennenga, and Equatorial Guinea, disputing the 2008 CAF Champions League (preliminary round) for Renacimiento. In 2008, he was in the Moroccan football. In January 2012 due to his performances in the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations (playing for Equatorial Guinea), he attracted interest from Portuguese club Benfica. From 2016 to 2017, Konaté played for Dumlupınar TSK in the Turkish Cypriot KTFF Süper Lig. International career He played in several youth teams of the Ivory Coast national football team. He switched in 2009 to Equatorial Guinea and played his d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kadiatou Konaté
Kadiatou Konaté is a Malian film director and screenwriter. Her most notable work is ''L'Enfant terrible'', an animated short based on African myths. She has also produced several documentaries, often focusing on the issues of women and children in Mali. Personal history Konaté was born in Bamako, Mali. Her family, the Konates, were royalty that had once belonged to the Gbara of Old Mali. She was educated at Cheikh Anta Diop University. Film career After leaving university, Konaté worked as a member of the crew on Souleymane Cissé's 1985 classic film ''Yeelen ''Yeelen'' ( Bambara for "brightness"/"light") is a 1987 Malian film directed by Souleymane Cissé. It is filmed in the Bambara and Fula languages, and is based on a legend told by the Bambara people. Though the era is undefined, it is presumab ...''. In 1989 she wrote the screenplay for the short animated film ''La Geste de Ségou'', directed by fellow Malian Mambaye Coulibaly. Her first credited solo work i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karim Konaté
Karim Konaté (born 21 March 2004) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a forward for RB Salzburg and the Ivory Coast national team. Club career A youth product of ASEC Mimosas, Konaté began his senior career with the club in 2020. He scored 7 goals in 18 matches in his debut season. For the 2022/23 season he went to FC Red Bull Salzburg. There he was loaned to FC Liefering. International career Konaté debuted with the Ivory Coast national team in a 0–0 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification tie with Mozambique Mozambique (), officially the Republic of Mozambique ( pt, Moçambique or , ; ny, Mozambiki; sw, Msumbiji; ts, Muzambhiki), is a country located in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Mala ... on 3 March 2021. Honours ;ASEC Mimosas * Ligue 1 (Ivory Coast): 2020–21 References External links * * 2004 births Living people Footballers from Abidjan Ivorian footballers Ivory Coast interna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naré Maghann Konaté
Naré Maghann Konaté (died c. 1218) was a 12th-century faama (king) of the Mandinka people, in what is today Mali. He was the father of Sundiata Keita, founder of the Mali Empire, and a character in the oral tradition of the Epic of Sundiata. The Epic of Sundiata In the Epic of Sundiata, Naré Maghann Konaté (also called Maghan Kon Fatta or Maghan the Handsome) was a Mandinka king who one day received a divine hunter at his court. The hunter predicted that if Konaté married an ugly woman, she would give him a son who would one day be a mighty king. Naré Maghann Konaté was already married to Sassouma Berté and had a son by her, Dankaran Touman Keïta. However, when two Traoré hunters from the Do kingdom presented him an ugly, hunchbacked woman named Sogolon, he remembered the prophecy and married her. She soon gave birth to a son, Sundiata, who was unable to walk throughout most of his childhood until 7 years old. After Naré Maghann Konaté's death (c. 1218), his f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moussa Konaté (kickboxer)
Moussa Konaté (born May 16, 1978) is a French Muay Thai kickboxer who trains in Villiers-sur-Marne, France. Moussa Konaté is a professional Muay Thai kickboxer, he is coach in Villiers-sur-Marne, in his own club called KONATEAM. He is the former WAKO Pro European and World Muaythai champion. Kickboxing career He fought Bruno Bigot for the WAKO Pro World Muaythai title during Maxi Fight 1. Konaté won the fight by a fourth round TKO. Moussa took part in an eight man Gala International De Boxe Thai 73 kg tournament. He beat Philippe Salmon by decision in quarter finals, Ludovic Millet by KO in the semifinals, but lost to Bakari Tounkara by KO in the finals. Titles and accomplishments *2011 8 Men 73 kg Tournament Runner Up in Bagnolet, France (-73 kg) *2009 WAKO Pro World Muaythai Champion (-73 kg) *2009 T8 World Final Tournament Champion *2008 WAKO Pro European Muaythai Champion (-71 kg) *2004 WPKL World Kickboxing Champion *2003 French Kickboxing Champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |