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References
- ↑ "Angolanos no Brasil" (in Portuguese).
- ↑ "Angolanos são a maioria dos refugiados africanos no Brasil". VOA (in Portuguese). August 4, 2011.
- ↑ "Prácticas sociales". el-exportador.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2014-02-26. Retrieved 2014-03-06.
- ↑ Villar, María (4 June 2012). "Los "protectores" de la capoeira en España". Faro de Vigo (in Spanish).
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