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- 1 2 Jones, Wilma L., Twenty Contemporary African Women Writers: A Bio-Bibliography, 1995. Accessed 11 February 2020.
- ↑ Library of Congress Name Authority File
- ↑ Anne Matindi (1967). The sun and the wind. East African Pub. House. p. 30.
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