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- ↑ "A Place for Myself | African Film Festival, Inc" . Retrieved 2022-08-05.
- ↑ "Africiné - Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF) 2016". Africiné (in French). Retrieved 2022-08-05.
- ↑ "Rwandan film nominated for eight AMAA awards". The New Times | Rwanda. 2019-09-20. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
- ↑ "Dusabejambo on scooping Thomas Sankara Prize at FESPACO". The New Times | Rwanda. 2017-03-11. Retrieved 2022-08-05.
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