Sekou

Sekou or Sékou or is a given name, from Fula language Seku equivalent to the Arabic Sheikh and may refer to:

• Seku Amadu, or Sékou Amadou, or Sheikh Amadu (1776-1845) founder of the Massina Empire in Mali
• Ahmed Sékou Touré, (1922–1984) first president of Guinea (1958–1984).
• Sekou Cissé (born 1985), Côte d'Ivoire football striker
• Sekou Conneh (born 1960), Liberian politician and former rebel leader
• Sekou Lumumba, Canadian rock musician
• Sekou Sundiata, African-American poet and performer at The New School in New York City
• Sékou Fofana (1980) Malian football defender who plays for FC Banants in Armenian Premier League
• Sekou Bagayoko (1987) Malian professional football player who plays for Jeunesse Sportive de la Saoura
• Sékou Tidiane Souaré (1983) Ivorian football player, who currently plays for B36 Tórshavn
• Sékou Traoré filmmaker from Burkina Faso
• Sékou Camara (1985-2013) Malian footballer
• Sekou Jabateh Oliseh (1990) is a Liberian international footballer who plays professionally for Russian side Kuban Krasnodar
• Sekou Bangoura (1991) American tennis player
• Sékou Berthé (1977) Malian football defender who last played for Persepolis in Iran Pro League
• Sekou Nkrumah (1963) is a Ghanaian politician and last son of Ghana 's first President Dr Kwame Nkrumah
• Sékou Dramé (1973) Guinean football player
• Sekou Odinga, born Nathanial Burns, American activist who was imprisoned for actions with the Black Liberation Army
• Sékou Baradji (1984) French football player

Surnames

• Malik Sekou 1964 an academic from the United States Virgin Islands
• Lasana M. Sekou 1959 writer

See also

• Sékou, Benin, a town and arrondissement in the Atlantique Department of southern Benin