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- ↑ "Parakou". Benintourism.com. Archived from the original on October 20, 2007. Retrieved January 10, 2009.
- 1 2 Lucy M. Long (17 July 2015). Ethnic American Food Today: A Cultural Encyclopedia. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 69. ISBN 978-1-4422-2731-6.
- ↑ Ken Albala (2011). Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-313-37626-9.
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