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- 1 2 3 4 "Alassane DIAGO". Africultures (in French). Retrieved 2012-03-11.
- ↑ "LES LARMES DE L'EMIGRATION ( Senegal 2010 )". Carthage Film Festival. Retrieved 2012-03-11.[ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ "Cinéma, Les larmes de l'émigration". LES IMAGES DU DESERT PAR ALASSANE DIAGO. Archived from the original on 2019-05-03. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
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