See toubab on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "The most likely earliest derivation is from the Wolof word for Europe, \"Tougal\". In the same way that Wolof means the people of Jollof, Toubab means the people of Tougal.",
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"ref": "2018, David Diop, chapter 10, in Anna Moschovakis, transl., At Night All Blood Is Black, London: Pushkin:",
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