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- ↑ "Bassek Ba Kobhio, l'homme qui met le cinéma au cœur de l'Afrique". TV5MONDE (in French). 2017-07-17. Retrieved 2022-10-20.
- ↑ "New cinematography institution to boost film industry". University World News. Retrieved 2022-10-20.
- ↑ Roy Armes (2008). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. p. 148. ISBN 978-0-253-35116-6.
- ↑ Roy Armes (2006). African Filmmaking: North and South of the Sahara . Indiana University Press. p. 100. ISBN 0-253-21898-5.
- ↑ Stefanson, Blandine; Petty, Sheila, eds. (2014). "Literary Adaptation". Directory of World Cinema Africa. Vol. 39. Intellect Books. p. 224. ISBN 978-1-78320-391-8.
