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- ↑ Armelie Lumanu Kalonda's profile | 2007 FIBA Africa Championship for Women | ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM
- ↑ "Armelie Lumanu". Mississippi State University Athletics. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016.
