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- ↑ Kathleen E. Sheldon (2005). Historical Dictionary of Women in Sub-Saharan Africa. Scarecrow Press. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-8108-5331-7.
- ↑ R. A. Sargent, Found in the Fog of the Male Myth: Analysing Female Political Roles in Pre-Colonial Africa
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