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- ↑ O'Toole & Baker 2005, p. 6.
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- Barry, Boubacar (1997-12-13). Senegambia and the Atlantic Slave Trade. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-59760-9 . Retrieved 2013-02-09.
- O'Toole, Thomas; Baker, Janice E. (2005). Historical Dictionary of Guinea. Volume 94 of African historical dictionaries, Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0-8108-4634-9.
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