Kouyaté is a surname common in Senegal, Guinea, Mali, and the Ivory Coast. Notable people with the surname include:
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Adama Kouyaté
Adama Kouyaté (1928 – 14 February 2020) was a Malian photographer.
In 1944, Kouyaté went to Bamako to look for a job. He entered the Photo Hall Soudanais, the first photographic studio in Mali, and subsequently founded the Photo Hall Kati, ...
, Malian photographer
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Bassekou Kouyate
Bassekou Kouyate (born 1966) is a musician from Mali. His band is known as Ngoni ba.
Life and career
He was born into the Kouyate family in Garana, Barouéli Cercle, 60 kilometres from Ségou, in 1966.Frank Bessem's Musiques d'Afrique: At t ...
, Malian musician
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Boubakar Kouyaté, Malian footballer
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Cheikhou Kouyaté, Senegalese footballer
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Kandia Kouyaté
Kandia Kouyaté (also known as Kandja Kouyaté, born in 1959 in Kita, Mali) is a Malian ''jelimuso'' (a female griot) and kora player; she has earned the prestigious title of ''ngara'', and is sometimes called ''La dangereuse'' and ''La Grande ...
, Malian jelimuso (a female
griot
A griot (; ; Manding languages, Manding: or (in N'Ko script, N'Ko: , or in French spelling); also spelt Djali; or / ; ) is a West African historian, storyteller, praise singer, poet, and/or musician. Griots are masters of communicatin ...
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kora player
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Lansana Kouyaté
Lansana Kouyaté (born 15 July 1950) is a Guinean politician and diplomat who served as Prime Minister of Guinea from 2007 to 2008. Previously he was Executive Secretary of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) from 1997 to 2002 ...
, Prime Minister of Guinea from 2007 to 2008
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Mamadou Kouyaté, Malian footballer
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Moussa Kouyate
Moussa Kouyate (born 1956) is a kora player from Bamako, Mali. His father, Batourou Sekou Kouyate, was also a prominent kora player.
Biography
In 2003, Moussa Kouyaté came to Finland to record his album ''Finlandiafrica'', which was produced by ...
, Malian kora player
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Moustapha Kouyaté
Moustapha Kouyaté (born 3 March 1994) is a Guinean association football, footballer who plays as a Forward (association football), forward for Hafia FC and the Guinea national football team, Guinea national team.
Career
Kouyaté began his caree ...
, Guinean footballer
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Soriba Kouyaté, Senegalese kora player
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Sotigui Kouyaté, Malian-Burkinabé actor and footballer
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