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