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Bakou
Bakou see Pingquan , China.
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Pingquan
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
or Pingchüan , town, NE Hebei prov., China. It is a trade center. Gold and silver are mined nearby. The town was formerly called Bakou (Pakow).
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Youssou N'Dour
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...being performed by electric guitars and keyboards. Mbalax also employs the traditional Senegalese vocal methods of tassou and bakou; which, respectively, resemble Western rap and rhythm-and-blues vocal techniques. N'Dour helped pioneer mbalax in the 1970s...
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