Diakité

Diakité is a family name of Fula origin.

In Malian Fula culture, the surname Ba is considered equivalent.^[1]

People with the surname include:

Music

• Abdoulaye Diakité (1950–2018), djembe master drummer from Senegal
• Jason Diakité (born 1975), better known as Timbuktu, Swedish musician
• Ramata Diakité (1976–2009), Malian Wassoulou musician

Politics

• Josefina Pitra Diakité, ambassador of Angola to South Africa
• Madubuko Diakité, American human rights lawyer
• Mamadou Diakité (politician) (born 1950), Malian politician
• Moussa Diakité (politician) (192?–1985), Guinean politician during the presidency of Ahmed Sékou Touré
• Yoro Diakité (1932–1973), Malian politician

Sports

• Abdelaye Diakité (born 1990), French footballer
• Adama Diakité (born 1978), Malian footballer in 2002 African Cup of Nations
• Adama Diakité (footballer, born 1991), French footballer
• Adama Diakité (footballer, born 1993), Ivorian footballer in Italy
• Bafodé Diakité (born 2001), French footballer
• Bakary Diakité (born 1980), German-Malian footballer
• Binta Diakité (born 1988), Ivorian footballer
• Daouda Diakité (born 1983), Burkinabé football goalkeeper
• Drissa Diakité (born 1985), Malian footballer
• Fodé Bangaly Diakité (born 1985), Ivorian footballer
• Ismail Diakhité (born 1991), Mauritanian footballer
• Lamine Diakite (born 1991), Ivorian footballer
• Mamadi Diakite (born 1997), Guinean basketball player
• Mamadou Diakité (footballer) (born 1985), Malian footballer
• Mariam Diakité (born 1995), Ivorian footballer
• Modibo Diakité (born 1987), French footballer of Senegalese descent
• Mourtala Diakité (born 1980), Malian footballer
• Moussa Diakité (footballer, born 1998), Malian footballer
• Moussa Diakité (footballer, born 2003), Malian footballer
• Nouha Diakité (born 1980), Malian-French basketball player
• Papé Diakité (born 1992), Senegalese footballer
• Ramata Diakité (basketball) (born 1991), Malian basketball player
• Samba Diakité (born 1989), French-Malian footballer
• Soryba Diakité (born 1969), Guinean athlete
• Soumbeïla Diakité (born 1984), Malian footballer

Others

• Sanoussi Diakité, Senegalese mechanical engineer and inventor of the Fonio husking machine
• Tidiane Diakité (1944–2025), Malian-born French historian and writer
• Youma Diakite (born 1971), Malian model, actress and television personality