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- ↑ Online, Peace FM. "11 Old Ghanaian TV Shows Which Had All Of Us Glued To Our TV Sets". Peacefmonline.com - Ghana news. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
- ↑ Journalist, Mustapha Attractive. "'By The Fireside' Back!". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
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