Draft:10 europeans with west african heritage - emily explains

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List of people with French West African heritage

10 African People
Name Notes
  1. (1) Adama Traoré
  1. Adama is a Spanish footballer and was born to Malian parents. He has a brother who was born to the same parents. He represents Spain and not Mali because he speaks both Spanish and French. See Adama's biography
  1. (2) Aminata Savadogo
  1. Aminata is a Latvian singer and songwriter and has a Burkinabé father. She sings in English and Latvian but not French because her father speaks French. She calls herself Latvian because her mom is Latvian. See Aminata's biography
  1. (3) Wilfried Gnonto
  1. Wilfried is an Italian footballer born to Ivorian parents. He speaks both Italian and French because he represents Italy. He could not play for Ivory Coast via his dad. See Wilfried's biography
  1. (4) Keita Baldé
  1. Keita is a Senegalese footballer because he was born in Spain to Senegalese parents. He played for Spain but represents Senegal via his dad. He has a Spanish name like Adama Traore (Malian parents) and also speaks Spanish and French. See Keita's biography
  1. (5) Serge Gnabry
  1. Serge was born in Germany to an Ivorian father and a regular white mother who's German. He is half-Ivorian and half-German because he speaks both French and German. He represents Germany. See Serge's biography
  1. (6) Sol Bamba
  1. Souleymane ("Sol") is a French-born Ivorian footballer. Sol represents Ivory Coast and was born to Ivorian parents in France. See Sol's biography
  1. (7) Fatou
  1. Fatou is a Senegalese rapper because she lives in Belgium. She can speak 5 languages: English, French (her mother's tongue), German, Dutch and Korean because she is a member of the K-pop group Blackswan and the first French West African to speak a far Asian language. She grew up listening to Senegalese music and Girls' Generation and is still the first Senegalese K-pop idol today. For Fatou's biography, see Blackswan
  1. (8) Diarra Sylla
  1. Diarra was born in France to Senegalese parents. She is a former member of a global pop group Now United. She is now going solo due to not being in Now United and collaborated with Bia and Tones and I with "Bring it on" and a Portuguese song with Luísa Sonza. She speaks both English and French. See Diarra's biography
  1. (9) Christian Kouakou
  1. Christian was born in Sweden to Ivorian parents. He speaks French and Swedish and played for a Turkish club. He represents Sweden. See Christian's biography

For another Ivorian footballer, see Christian Kouakou.

  1. (10) Aya Nakamura
  1. Aya Nakamura is the stage name of Aya Danioko, a French pop singer born in Bamako. Aya grew up listening to Oumou Sangaré when she was younger and Sangare is born in Bamako like her. She sings in French but she spoke Bambara when she was a child. See Aya's biography




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