JJawara is the English transcription of a surname of Manding origin (the French transcription is Diawara). Notable people with the name include:
Augusta Jawara (1924-1981), a Gambian nurse, playwright and activist for women's rights
Bomba Jawara, a Sierra Leonean politician
Dawda Jawara (born 1924), former prime minister and president of Gambia
Jali Musa Jawara (aka Djeli Moussa Diawara; born 1962), a Guinean musician
Fatim Jawara, former Gambia goalkeeper who died when being smuggled across Mediterranean Sea.
Alieu M. Jawara Liberian born 1981 a politicians , born in Gbarnga County center Liberia he is 4th of 5 children with the union Mr. Mohammed L. Jawara and Mrs. Mabanasee F. Kromah .