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Oumar
Oumar Named for the Caliph famous for his austere justice and his transformation from enemy to defender of Islam, Oumar carries associations of radical change, principled severity, and the capacity to become something far greater than one's origins suggest. In West African fiction characters named Oumar often undergo dramatic conversions of conviction or identity that drive the narrative forward.
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Moussa
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