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Kama is a given name and surname found among many cultures, developed independently from one another, throughout the world. The name is common among the Serer people in West Africa.[1]
Notable people with the name include:
Surname
- Ali ibn Kama (c.10th-cent.–976), Iranian royal, viceroy, and general
- Aliyu Kama (born 1949), Nigerian general and politician
- Kaido Kama (born 1957), Estonian politician, conservationist, and teacher
- Laity Kama (1939–2001), Senegalese barrister and judge
- Mesuli Kama (born ?), South African politician
- Moustapha Kama (born 1992), Senegalese taekwondo practitioner
- Nripa Kama II (fl.c.1026–c.1046), Indian monarch
- Steven Pirika Kama (1962/63–2016), Papua New Guinean politician
Given name
- Kama Chinen (1895–2010), Japanese supercentenarian; among the longest-lived people in recorded history
- Kama Ginkas (born 1941), Russian theater director
- Kama Massampu (born 1991), French footballer
- Kama Mustafa (a.k.a. The Godfather (wrestler) or Charles Wright; born 1961), American wrestler and actor
- Kama Rathod (born ?), Indian politician
- Kama Steliga (born 1967), US-born Canadian civil rights activist
- Kama Sywor Kamanda (born 1952), Congolese poet, novelist, playwright, essayist, journalist, public speaker, and storyteller
- Kama Tarkhan (legendary), Altyn Obaic ancestral king
See also
- Monduone N'Kama (born 1960), Congolese footballer
- All pages with titles beginning with Kama
- All pages with titles containing Kama
- Kama (disambiguation)
- Kama (name)
- Kamas (disambiguation)
- Kaja (name)
References
- ↑ Lexique de L.S. Senghor : Chants d'ombre, Hosties noires, Ethiopiques, Nocturnes [article], Jean-René Bourrel (1987). p. 29
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