Boubacar

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The Fula form of Abu Bakr (the first Caliph); 'Bou-' = 'Bu-' from 'Abu'; name of Guinean musician Boubacar Diabaté; the '-car' ending from 'Bakr' (which became 'Bakar' then 'Bacar' in Fula phonology)

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