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- ↑ B.), Peires, J. B. (Jeffrey (2005). The house of Phalo : a history of the Xhosa people in the days of their independence. Jonathan Ball. ISBN 978-1868421596. OCLC 61529352.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ Mills, Wallace G. (August 1983). "Review: The House of Phalo: A History of the Xhosa People in the Days of Their Independence, by J. B. Peires, Berkeley, Calif., University of California Press, 1982". Canadian Journal of History. 18 (2): 265–267. doi:10.3138/cjh.18.2.265. ISSN 0008-4107.
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