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- ↑ "Aux origines de la polémique sur le festival afroféministe Nyansapo". Libération.fr (in French). Retrieved 2017-05-29.
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- 1 2 Agence France-Presse (2017-05-28). "Paris mayor demands black feminist festival that 'prohibits' white people be banned". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077 . Retrieved 2017-05-29.
- ↑ "Anne Hidalgo demande l'annulation d'un festival en partie réservé aux femmes noires". Le Monde.fr (in French). 2017-05-28. ISSN 1950-6244 . Retrieved 2017-05-29.
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