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:

People

 * Sekou (singer), British singer

Given name

 * Seku Amadu (1776–1845), also known as Sékou Amadou or Sheikh Amadu, founder of the Massina Empire in Mali
 * Ahmed Sékou Touré (1922–1984), first president of Guinea (1958–1984)
 * Sekou Sundiata (1948–2007), African-American poet and performer at The New School in New York City
 * Sekou Conneh (born 1960), Liberian politician and former rebel leader
 * Sékou Dramé (born 1973), Guinean football player
 * Sékou Berthé (born 1977), Malian football defender who last played for Persepolis in Iran Pro League
 * Sékou Fofana (born 1980), Malian football defender who plays for FC Banants in Armenian Premier League
 * Sékou Tidiane Souaré (born 1983), Ivorian football player, who currently plays for B36 Tórshavn
 * Sekou Baradji (born 1984), French football midfielder
 * Sékou Camara (footballer, born 1985) (1985–2013), Malian footballer
 * Sekou Cissé (born 1985), Côte d'Ivoire football striker
 * Sekou Bagayoko (born 1987), Malian professional football player who plays for Jeunesse Sportive de la Saoura
 * Sekou Jabateh Oliseh (born 1990), Liberian international footballer who plays professionally for Russian side Kuban Krasnodar
 * Sekou Bangoura (born 1991), American tennis player
 * Sékou Baradji (born 1995), French football forward
 * 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
 * Sekou Smith, American sportswriter
 * Hakeem Sekou Jeffries, American politician, Representative for New York's 8th congressional district

Surname

 * Lasana M. Sekou (born 1959), writer from Saint Martin
 * Malik Sekou (born 1964), academic from the United States Virgin Islands