Jawara
# Jawara

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
