Muhammad Ali Pate – CEO GAVI; Global Director for Health, Nutrition and Population at the World Bank, Professor at
Harvard Chan School; Former Minister of State for Health, Current Minister Of Health.
Jubril Aminu – Former Senator of Adamawa; Pioneer Cardiac Surgeon; Former Minister of Education/Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Former President OPEC Conference.
Aliyu Modibbo Umar – Former Minister of State, Power and Steel (2002-2003), Former Minister of Commerce and Industry (2006-2007), Former Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Abuja (2007-2008).
Rilwanu Lukman- Former Minister of Petroleum Resources and Mines, Power, Steel; and Former Secretary General
OPEC.
Muhammadu Ribadu – First Minister of Defense after independence.
Mansur Muhtar – Economist, former Nigerian Federal Minister of Finance (2008 -2010), former director
World Bank, presently vice chairman, Islamic Development Bank.
Gbemisola Ruqayyah Saraki – (Fulani/Yoruba); Former Senator Kwara Central, Current Minister of State. Transportation of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Nigeria.
Captain
Muhammad Bala Shagari – Politician, Former Nigerian Army officer. Current Sarkin Mafaran Shagari and District Head of Shagari Local Government, Nigeria.
Mohammed Bello (jurist) – Jurist and Statesman who was the Chief Justice of Nigeria from 1987 to 1995.
Major-General
Tunde Idiagbon – (Fulani/Yoruba); Former Deputy Head of State.
Lieutenant-General
Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau – Retired Nigerian Army Lieutenant-General and Nigeria's former Minister of the Interior. Dambazau served as Chief of Army Staff (COAS) between 2008 and 2010.
Diplomats
Amina J. Mohammed – (Fulani/English); Politician; Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations; Former Federal Minister of Environment, Nigeria.
Tijjani Muhammad-Bande – Political scientist, Administrator and Career Diplomat. Current President of the United Nations General Assembly, Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the UN, Former VP of the UN General Assembly.
Ibrahim Gambari – (Fulani/Yoruba); Scholar and diplomat; Chief of Staff to the President; Under-Secretary-General / Special Adviser – Africa United Nations; former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Current Chief of Staff to the President of Nigeria.
Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari – (Fulani/Yoruba); Nigerian lawyer and monarch. Current Emir of Ilorin, Nigeria.
Nura Abba Rimi - Nigeria's Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt, with concurrent accreditation to the State of Palestine and the State of Eritrea; Former Presidential Liaison Officer.
Bello Bala Shagari – Documentary filmmaker, a Youth Activist & Leader and the Current President of The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Nigeria.
Bokar Biro – last independent Almamy of
Fuuta Jalon, Resistance hero to French invasion, Guinea
Thierno Aliou – Author, Muslim theologian and politician, Guinea
Yacine Diallo – Politician. Former member of French National Assembly, Guinea
Boubacar Diallo Telli – Diplomat and Politician. First Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity (OAU),UN Representative, Ambassador to USA, Minister of Justice, Guinea
Alpha Oumar Barry – Medical Doctor and politician, Former Minister of State for Exchange, Guinea
Ousmane Baldé – Economist and Politician. Former Governor of Guinean Fed reserve (Central bank), Former Minister of Finance. Guinea
Mamadou Boye Bah – Politician and Economist, former President of Union for the New Republic and Former President of Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea.
Siradiou Diallo – Journalist and politician, former magazine Jeune Afrique Editor in chief, and Former President of Union for Progress and Renewal (Guinea).
Cellou Dalein Diallo – Economist and politician, Former Minister and Prime Minister; Opposition Leader, Guinea
Tierno Monénembo (real name Thierno Saidou Diallo) – novelist and biochemist, winner of the Prix Renaudot award in 2008 for his novel The King of Kahel, winner of Grand Prix de la Francophonie 2017. Guinea
Barry Diawadou – Civil clerk and politician, Former member of the French National Assembly and Former Minister of Education. Guinea
Saifoulaye Diallo –Politician and lawmaker, Former member of the French National Assembly, Former President of the Territorial Assembly and President of the National Assembly; Former Minister of State (foreign affairs, finance, social services).
Ibrahima Barry (popularly known as Barry III) – Lawyer and politician, Former Minister from Guinea
Katoucha (Kadiatou Niane) – former model and fashion designer, Guinea
Boubacar Yacine Diallo – Journalist, Writer, Former Minister of Communication, Former Chairman of the National Council of Communication, Current Vice president of the independent national institution for human rights in Guinea.
Addi Bâ or Bah Mamadou Hady – called by the Germans "black terrorist" ("Der schwarze Terrorist"), a figure of the French resistance, member of the first scrub of the Vosges, Guinea
Aïcha Bah Diallo – Former Minister of Education and Women's Rights Activist, Former Senior education leader at UNESCO.
Hamidou Diallo – American professional basketball player. 2019 NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest winner
Rabiatou Sérah Diallo – Guinean trade unionist. Former president of the National Transitional Council. Current President of Economic and Social Council, Guinea
Black M (Alpha Diallo) – French rapper and Singer–Songwriter.
Ba Mamadou Mbare – former President of the Senate of Mauritania and former acting President of Mauritania, in office 15 April 2009 – 5 August 2009. The first black leader of Mauritania
Mamadou Dia – Member of French Senate from 1948 to 1956 and the French National Assembly from 1956 to 1958. First Prime Minister of Senegal (1957–62), Senegal
Alpha Oumar Konaré, former president of the republic (Fulani mother), Mali
Mountaga Tall– Politician. Former Minister, Former First Vice-President of the National Assembly of Mali
Cheick Diallo– NBA Basketball player. Former New Orleans Pelicans player, Current Phoenix Suns player. USA, Mali
Boubou Cisse- Politician and economist. Former Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance; Former Minister of Industry and Mines; Mali.
Sidibé Aminata Diallo – Malian Academic and politician. Former Minister of Basic Education, Literacy, and the National Languages. Mali
Ousmane Sy - Politician. Former Minister of Territorial Administration and Local Communities ; Mali.
Sy Kadiatou Sow– Politician and Women's Rights Activist, Former governor of Bamako district, the first woman to hold the position in Mali, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Malians and African Integration and Former Minister of Urban Planning and Habitat. Mali
Sangaré Niamoto Ba- Politician, Former Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce
Hama Arba Diallo – Politician, diplomat and civil servant Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Former Vice-President of the National Assembly, Burkina Faso
Salif Diallo – Former President of National Assembly; Former Minister of Environment and Water, Former Minister of Agriculture, Burkina Faso
Yéro Boly – Administrator, Diplomat and Politician, Former Minister of Territorial Administration and Security, Former Director of the Cabinet of the President and Former Minister of Defense ; Burkina Faso
Chérif Sy – journalist, politician, Former President of the National Transitional Council of Burkina Faso, former acting President of Burkina Faso (17 September 2015 – 23 September 2015). Current Minister of defense; Burkina Faso
Alpha Barry – Journalist, Current Minister of Foreign Affairs; Burkina Faso
Issa Hayatou – Former President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Former Acting President FIFA, Cameroon
Oumarou Fadil – Businessman, Vice President of Group Fadil (an agro-industrial group which operates in several sectors including soap, oil extraction, tourism, livestock, and new information technologies), Cameroon
Abass Bundu – Current Speaker of Parliament Sierra Leone, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Former Executive Secretary of the Economic Community of West African States
Ibrahim Bundu - Former majority leader of the Sierra Leone Parliament, Sierra Leone
Sulaiman Tejan-Jalloh – politician and Diplomat, Former Minister of Transport and Communications and Former Ambassador to US, Sierra Leone
Neneh Cherry (birth name Neneh Mariann Karlsson) – Singer-songwriter, rapper, occasional DJ and broadcaster, Sweden
Titiyo (birth name Titiyo Yambalu Felicia Jah) – singer and songwriter, Sweden
Alpha Timbo – Politician, educationist, lecturer and trade unionist. Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Former Minister of Labor and Industrialization, Sierra Leone
Chernor Maju Bah – lawyer and politician. Leader of Majority party/Opposition Leader in parliament, Former Running Mate for APC, Former Deputy Speaker of Parliament of Sierra Leone; Former Chairman of the Mines and Minerals Resources Committee. Sierra Leone.
Adama Barrow – Politician and real estate developer. Current President, Republic of the Gambia
Isatou Njie-Saidy – Politician. Former Vice President, Former secretary of state Social Welfare, Health and Women's Affair, Republic of the Gambia
Fatoumata Tambajang – Politician and Activist. Former Vice President, Former Minister of Women's Affair, Republic of the Gambia
Hassan Bubacar Jallow – Judge. Chief Justice of the Gambia since February 2017, Former Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Former Prosecutor of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals, Former Justice of the Supreme Court of the Gambia, Former Minister of Justice-Attorney General of the Gambia and Former Solicitor General of the Gambia.
Cherno Jallow – Lawyer and Judge. Justice of the Supreme Court of the Gambia, Former Attorney General of the British Virgin Islands, Gambia
Hamat Bah – Politician. Current Minister of Tourism and Culture; leader of the National Reconciliation Party (NRP), Gambia
Omar A. Jallow – Politician. Former Minister of Agriculture, leader of the People's Progressive Party, Gambia
Halifa Sallah – Former Special Advisor to the President on Governance and the spokesperson for President Adama Barrow's administration, Former National Assembly Minority Leader, Secretary-general of the People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism, Gambia
Mama Kandeh- leader opposition Gambia Democratic Congress, and former parliamentarian
Buba Baldeh- former Minister for Youth Sports and Culture Under the PPP Regime. He is the son of the Late Micheal Baldeh who was a member of Parliament in the first Republic.
Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo – Former Interim President and Former acting President of the National People's Assembly
Brigadier-General
Umaro Sissoco Embaló – President of Guinea-Bissau, Former Prime Minister and Minister of African Affairs.
Adiato Djaló Nandigna – Current Minister of Fisheries; Former Acting Prime Minister, Former Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports and Former Minister of Defense, Guinea Bissau
Baciro Djá – Former Prime Minister, Former Minister of National Defense and Former Minister of Youth and Sport, Guinea Bissau
Eloïne Barry – communications professional and founder of African Media Agency. France, Guinea Bissau
Fatumata Djau Baldé – Current Minister of Public Administration and State Modernization; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Guinea Bissau
Mamadú Iaia Djaló – Current Minister of Trade and Industry, Guinea Bissau
Amadou Boubacar Cissé – Politician, Former Prime Minister, Former Minister of State for Planning, Regional Development, and Community Development, Niger
Ide Oumarou - diplomat, government minister, and journalist, Former Secretary-general of the Organization of African Unity
Abdel Kader Baba-Laddé (or General Baba Laddé or Mahamat Abdoul Kadre) – Politician, Chad
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim- Environmental activist and geographer. Coordinator Association of Peul Women and Autochthonous People of Chad (AFPAT) and Co-director Pavilion of World Indigenous People, Chad
Ali Darassa – Leader of the Central African rebel group, the Union for Peace in the Central African Republic (UPC) a self-defense force.
Al-Amin Abu-Manga, linguist and professor at the University of Khartoum
Mohamed Ibn Chambas - lawyer, diplomat, politician and academic. Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA); First Executive Secretary of ECOWAS, Former Deputy Foreign Secretary and Deputy Minister of Education, Ghana
Ahmed Ramadan - politician and former chairman of People's National Convention (PNC). Father of Second Lady of Ghana
Barry Moussa Barqué - Politician held multiple ministerial position including: Mines, Energy, Foreign Affairs, Finance Etc., Current Special Adviser to the President with the rank of Minister. Togo
Khady Diallo - cultural engineer. Former Ivorian cultural attache in Paris. General Secretary of the National Commission of the Francophonie in Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast
Boubacar Barry - retired Ivorian football goalkeeper. Goalkeeping coach at Oud-Heverlee Leuven- Belgium. Ivory Coast
Anthony Diallo – politician, Former Minister of National Resources and Tourism, Former Member of the Tanzanian Parliament, Tanzania
Amad - professional Footballer, plays for Manchester United; Ivory Coast
Abdul Rahman Ibrahima Sori (c. 1762 – 1829) – Son of Ibrahim Sori Mawdo of Futa-Jallon. Enslaved in Natchez, Mississippi but freed and repatriated to Liberia.
Elladj Baldé - Canadian figure skater. He won the 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy, an ISU Challenger Series event. He is the 2008 Canadian Junior champion.[citation needed]
Hamidou Diallo- American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA)
Omar Ibn Said (c. 1770 – 1864) – Islamic scholar from Futa-Toro. Taken as a slave to Charleston, South Carolina in 1807. Escaped to North Carolina, Wrote a slave narrative in Arabic professing his Islamic faith. Died before end of Civil War.
Muhammad Ali Pate – CEO GAVI; Global Director for Health, Nutrition and Population at the World Bank, Professor at
Harvard Chan School; Former Minister of State for Health, Current Minister Of Health.
Jubril Aminu – Former Senator of Adamawa; Pioneer Cardiac Surgeon; Former Minister of Education/Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Former President OPEC Conference.
Aliyu Modibbo Umar – Former Minister of State, Power and Steel (2002-2003), Former Minister of Commerce and Industry (2006-2007), Former Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Abuja (2007-2008).
Rilwanu Lukman- Former Minister of Petroleum Resources and Mines, Power, Steel; and Former Secretary General
OPEC.
Muhammadu Ribadu – First Minister of Defense after independence.
Mansur Muhtar – Economist, former Nigerian Federal Minister of Finance (2008 -2010), former director
World Bank, presently vice chairman, Islamic Development Bank.
Gbemisola Ruqayyah Saraki – (Fulani/Yoruba); Former Senator Kwara Central, Current Minister of State. Transportation of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Nigeria.
Captain
Muhammad Bala Shagari – Politician, Former Nigerian Army officer. Current Sarkin Mafaran Shagari and District Head of Shagari Local Government, Nigeria.
Mohammed Bello (jurist) – Jurist and Statesman who was the Chief Justice of Nigeria from 1987 to 1995.
Major-General
Tunde Idiagbon – (Fulani/Yoruba); Former Deputy Head of State.
Lieutenant-General
Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau – Retired Nigerian Army Lieutenant-General and Nigeria's former Minister of the Interior. Dambazau served as Chief of Army Staff (COAS) between 2008 and 2010.
Diplomats
Amina J. Mohammed – (Fulani/English); Politician; Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations; Former Federal Minister of Environment, Nigeria.
Tijjani Muhammad-Bande – Political scientist, Administrator and Career Diplomat. Current President of the United Nations General Assembly, Permanent Representative of Nigeria to the UN, Former VP of the UN General Assembly.
Ibrahim Gambari – (Fulani/Yoruba); Scholar and diplomat; Chief of Staff to the President; Under-Secretary-General / Special Adviser – Africa United Nations; former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Current Chief of Staff to the President of Nigeria.
Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari – (Fulani/Yoruba); Nigerian lawyer and monarch. Current Emir of Ilorin, Nigeria.
Nura Abba Rimi - Nigeria's Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt, with concurrent accreditation to the State of Palestine and the State of Eritrea; Former Presidential Liaison Officer.
Bello Bala Shagari – Documentary filmmaker, a Youth Activist & Leader and the Current President of The National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Nigeria.
Bokar Biro – last independent Almamy of
Fuuta Jalon, Resistance hero to French invasion, Guinea
Thierno Aliou – Author, Muslim theologian and politician, Guinea
Yacine Diallo – Politician. Former member of French National Assembly, Guinea
Boubacar Diallo Telli – Diplomat and Politician. First Secretary-General of the Organization of African Unity (OAU),UN Representative, Ambassador to USA, Minister of Justice, Guinea
Alpha Oumar Barry – Medical Doctor and politician, Former Minister of State for Exchange, Guinea
Ousmane Baldé – Economist and Politician. Former Governor of Guinean Fed reserve (Central bank), Former Minister of Finance. Guinea
Mamadou Boye Bah – Politician and Economist, former President of Union for the New Republic and Former President of Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea.
Siradiou Diallo – Journalist and politician, former magazine Jeune Afrique Editor in chief, and Former President of Union for Progress and Renewal (Guinea).
Cellou Dalein Diallo – Economist and politician, Former Minister and Prime Minister; Opposition Leader, Guinea
Tierno Monénembo (real name Thierno Saidou Diallo) – novelist and biochemist, winner of the Prix Renaudot award in 2008 for his novel The King of Kahel, winner of Grand Prix de la Francophonie 2017. Guinea
Barry Diawadou – Civil clerk and politician, Former member of the French National Assembly and Former Minister of Education. Guinea
Saifoulaye Diallo –Politician and lawmaker, Former member of the French National Assembly, Former President of the Territorial Assembly and President of the National Assembly; Former Minister of State (foreign affairs, finance, social services).
Ibrahima Barry (popularly known as Barry III) – Lawyer and politician, Former Minister from Guinea
Katoucha (Kadiatou Niane) – former model and fashion designer, Guinea
Boubacar Yacine Diallo – Journalist, Writer, Former Minister of Communication, Former Chairman of the National Council of Communication, Current Vice president of the independent national institution for human rights in Guinea.
Addi Bâ or Bah Mamadou Hady – called by the Germans "black terrorist" ("Der schwarze Terrorist"), a figure of the French resistance, member of the first scrub of the Vosges, Guinea
Aïcha Bah Diallo – Former Minister of Education and Women's Rights Activist, Former Senior education leader at UNESCO.
Hamidou Diallo – American professional basketball player. 2019 NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest winner
Rabiatou Sérah Diallo – Guinean trade unionist. Former president of the National Transitional Council. Current President of Economic and Social Council, Guinea
Black M (Alpha Diallo) – French rapper and Singer–Songwriter.
Ba Mamadou Mbare – former President of the Senate of Mauritania and former acting President of Mauritania, in office 15 April 2009 – 5 August 2009. The first black leader of Mauritania
Mamadou Dia – Member of French Senate from 1948 to 1956 and the French National Assembly from 1956 to 1958. First Prime Minister of Senegal (1957–62), Senegal
Alpha Oumar Konaré, former president of the republic (Fulani mother), Mali
Mountaga Tall– Politician. Former Minister, Former First Vice-President of the National Assembly of Mali
Cheick Diallo– NBA Basketball player. Former New Orleans Pelicans player, Current Phoenix Suns player. USA, Mali
Boubou Cisse- Politician and economist. Former Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance; Former Minister of Industry and Mines; Mali.
Sidibé Aminata Diallo – Malian Academic and politician. Former Minister of Basic Education, Literacy, and the National Languages. Mali
Ousmane Sy - Politician. Former Minister of Territorial Administration and Local Communities ; Mali.
Sy Kadiatou Sow– Politician and Women's Rights Activist, Former governor of Bamako district, the first woman to hold the position in Mali, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Malians and African Integration and Former Minister of Urban Planning and Habitat. Mali
Sangaré Niamoto Ba- Politician, Former Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce
Hama Arba Diallo – Politician, diplomat and civil servant Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Former Vice-President of the National Assembly, Burkina Faso
Salif Diallo – Former President of National Assembly; Former Minister of Environment and Water, Former Minister of Agriculture, Burkina Faso
Yéro Boly – Administrator, Diplomat and Politician, Former Minister of Territorial Administration and Security, Former Director of the Cabinet of the President and Former Minister of Defense ; Burkina Faso
Chérif Sy – journalist, politician, Former President of the National Transitional Council of Burkina Faso, former acting President of Burkina Faso (17 September 2015 – 23 September 2015). Current Minister of defense; Burkina Faso
Alpha Barry – Journalist, Current Minister of Foreign Affairs; Burkina Faso
Issa Hayatou – Former President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Former Acting President FIFA, Cameroon
Oumarou Fadil – Businessman, Vice President of Group Fadil (an agro-industrial group which operates in several sectors including soap, oil extraction, tourism, livestock, and new information technologies), Cameroon
Abass Bundu – Current Speaker of Parliament Sierra Leone, Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Former Executive Secretary of the Economic Community of West African States
Ibrahim Bundu - Former majority leader of the Sierra Leone Parliament, Sierra Leone
Sulaiman Tejan-Jalloh – politician and Diplomat, Former Minister of Transport and Communications and Former Ambassador to US, Sierra Leone
Neneh Cherry (birth name Neneh Mariann Karlsson) – Singer-songwriter, rapper, occasional DJ and broadcaster, Sweden
Titiyo (birth name Titiyo Yambalu Felicia Jah) – singer and songwriter, Sweden
Alpha Timbo – Politician, educationist, lecturer and trade unionist. Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, Former Minister of Labor and Industrialization, Sierra Leone
Chernor Maju Bah – lawyer and politician. Leader of Majority party/Opposition Leader in parliament, Former Running Mate for APC, Former Deputy Speaker of Parliament of Sierra Leone; Former Chairman of the Mines and Minerals Resources Committee. Sierra Leone.
Adama Barrow – Politician and real estate developer. Current President, Republic of the Gambia
Isatou Njie-Saidy – Politician. Former Vice President, Former secretary of state Social Welfare, Health and Women's Affair, Republic of the Gambia
Fatoumata Tambajang – Politician and Activist. Former Vice President, Former Minister of Women's Affair, Republic of the Gambia
Hassan Bubacar Jallow – Judge. Chief Justice of the Gambia since February 2017, Former Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Former Prosecutor of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals, Former Justice of the Supreme Court of the Gambia, Former Minister of Justice-Attorney General of the Gambia and Former Solicitor General of the Gambia.
Cherno Jallow – Lawyer and Judge. Justice of the Supreme Court of the Gambia, Former Attorney General of the British Virgin Islands, Gambia
Hamat Bah – Politician. Current Minister of Tourism and Culture; leader of the National Reconciliation Party (NRP), Gambia
Omar A. Jallow – Politician. Former Minister of Agriculture, leader of the People's Progressive Party, Gambia
Halifa Sallah – Former Special Advisor to the President on Governance and the spokesperson for President Adama Barrow's administration, Former National Assembly Minority Leader, Secretary-general of the People's Democratic Organisation for Independence and Socialism, Gambia
Mama Kandeh- leader opposition Gambia Democratic Congress, and former parliamentarian
Buba Baldeh- former Minister for Youth Sports and Culture Under the PPP Regime. He is the son of the Late Micheal Baldeh who was a member of Parliament in the first Republic.
Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo – Former Interim President and Former acting President of the National People's Assembly
Brigadier-General
Umaro Sissoco Embaló – President of Guinea-Bissau, Former Prime Minister and Minister of African Affairs.
Adiato Djaló Nandigna – Current Minister of Fisheries; Former Acting Prime Minister, Former Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports and Former Minister of Defense, Guinea Bissau
Baciro Djá – Former Prime Minister, Former Minister of National Defense and Former Minister of Youth and Sport, Guinea Bissau
Eloïne Barry – communications professional and founder of African Media Agency. France, Guinea Bissau
Fatumata Djau Baldé – Current Minister of Public Administration and State Modernization; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Guinea Bissau
Mamadú Iaia Djaló – Current Minister of Trade and Industry, Guinea Bissau
Amadou Boubacar Cissé – Politician, Former Prime Minister, Former Minister of State for Planning, Regional Development, and Community Development, Niger
Ide Oumarou - diplomat, government minister, and journalist, Former Secretary-general of the Organization of African Unity
Abdel Kader Baba-Laddé (or General Baba Laddé or Mahamat Abdoul Kadre) – Politician, Chad
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim- Environmental activist and geographer. Coordinator Association of Peul Women and Autochthonous People of Chad (AFPAT) and Co-director Pavilion of World Indigenous People, Chad
Ali Darassa – Leader of the Central African rebel group, the Union for Peace in the Central African Republic (UPC) a self-defense force.
Al-Amin Abu-Manga, linguist and professor at the University of Khartoum
Mohamed Ibn Chambas - lawyer, diplomat, politician and academic. Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa (UNOWA); First Executive Secretary of ECOWAS, Former Deputy Foreign Secretary and Deputy Minister of Education, Ghana
Ahmed Ramadan - politician and former chairman of People's National Convention (PNC). Father of Second Lady of Ghana
Barry Moussa Barqué - Politician held multiple ministerial position including: Mines, Energy, Foreign Affairs, Finance Etc., Current Special Adviser to the President with the rank of Minister. Togo
Khady Diallo - cultural engineer. Former Ivorian cultural attache in Paris. General Secretary of the National Commission of the Francophonie in Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast
Boubacar Barry - retired Ivorian football goalkeeper. Goalkeeping coach at Oud-Heverlee Leuven- Belgium. Ivory Coast
Anthony Diallo – politician, Former Minister of National Resources and Tourism, Former Member of the Tanzanian Parliament, Tanzania
Amad - professional Footballer, plays for Manchester United; Ivory Coast
Abdul Rahman Ibrahima Sori (c. 1762 – 1829) – Son of Ibrahim Sori Mawdo of Futa-Jallon. Enslaved in Natchez, Mississippi but freed and repatriated to Liberia.
Elladj Baldé - Canadian figure skater. He won the 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy, an ISU Challenger Series event. He is the 2008 Canadian Junior champion.[citation needed]
Hamidou Diallo- American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA)
Omar Ibn Said (c. 1770 – 1864) – Islamic scholar from Futa-Toro. Taken as a slave to Charleston, South Carolina in 1807. Escaped to North Carolina, Wrote a slave narrative in Arabic professing his Islamic faith. Died before end of Civil War.