Jawara Explained

Jawara is the English transcription of a surname of Manding origin (the French transcription is Diawara). Notable people with the name include:

People

• Augusta Jawara (1924-1981), Gambian nurse, playwright and activist for women's rights
• Bomba Jawara, Sierra Leonean politician
• Dawda Jawara (born 1924), prime minister and president of Gambia
• Jali Musa Jawara (aka Djeli Moussa Diawara; born 1962), Guinean musician
• Fatim Jawara, Gambia footballer
• Karamo Jawara (born 1991), Norwegian basketball player

Arts and entertainment

• Jawara (TV series), a 2016 Indonesian soap opera television series

See also

• Diawara (disambiguation)
• Jarawa