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- ↑ "A cantora cabo-verdiana Belinda Lima..." (in Portuguese). Luanda: ANGOP - Agência Angola Press. 6 July 2000. Archived from the original on 10 June 2015.
- ↑ "Reportagem especial: projecto de aprendizagem musical da cantora Belinda Lima em Mindelo" [Special report: musical learning project by singer Belinda Lima in Mindelo] (in Portuguese). 22 April 2011.[ dead link ]
- ↑ "Anthology". Lusomundo Institute. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
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