Jawara
Appearance
Jawara is the English transcription of a surname of Manding origin (the French transcription is Diawara). Notable people with the name include:
- Augusta Jawara (1924-1981), a Gambian nurse, playwright and activist for women's rights
- Bomba Jawara, a Sierra Leonean politician
- Dawda Jawara (born 1924), former prime minister and president of Gambia
- Jali Musa Jawara (aka Djeli Moussa Diawara; born 1962), a Guinean musician
- Fatim Jawara, former Gambia goalkeeper who died when being smuggled across Mediterranean Sea.