Sekou
Sekou, also spelled Sékou or Seku, is a given name from the Fula language. It is equivalent to the Arabic Sheikh. People with this name include:Given name
- Seku Amadu, also known as Sékou Amadou or Sheikh Amadu, founder of the Massina Empire in Mali
- Ahmed Sékou Touré, first president of Guinea
- Sekou Sundiata, African-American poet and performer at The New School in New York City
- Sekou Conneh, Liberian politician and former rebel leader
- Sekou Nkrumah, Ghanaian politician and last son of Ghana's first president Kwame Nkrumah
- Sékou Dramé, Guinean football player
- Sékou Berthé, Malian football defender who last played for Persepolis in Iran Pro League
- Sékou Fofana, Malian football defender who plays for FC Banants in Armenian Premier League
- Sékou Tidiane Souaré, Ivorian football player, who currently plays for B36 Tórshavn
- Sékou Camara, Malian footballer
- Sekou Cissé, Côte d'Ivoire football striker
- Sékou Baradji, French football player
- Sekou Bagayoko, Malian professional football player who plays for Jeunesse Sportive de la Saoura
- Sekou Jabateh Oliseh, Liberian international footballer who plays professionally for Russian side Kuban Krasnodar
- Sekou Bangoura, American tennis player
- Sekou Lumumba, Canadian rock musician
- Sekou Odinga, born Nathanial Burns, American activist who was imprisoned for actions with the Black Liberation Army
- Sékou Traoré, filmmaker from Burkina Faso
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- Lasana M. Sekou, writer from Saint Martin
- Malik Sekou, academic from the United States Virgin Islands
