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- ↑ "Tanzania | Ethnologue".
- ↑ Culwick, G. M. (November 1935). "Pottery Among the Wabena of Ulanga, Tanganyika Territory". Man. 35 (184–185): 165–169. doi:10.2307/2789855. JSTOR 2789855.
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