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- Childs, Gladwyn M. (1964), "The Kingdom of Wambu (Huambo): A Tentative Chronology", The Journal of African History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 367–379, doi:10.1017/S0021853700005077, JSTOR 179973, S2CID 161250988
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