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- ↑ Onyeakagbu, Adaobi (2021-12-09). "Everybody should know how to make this concoction rice". Pulse Nigeria. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ↑ "How To Make Native Jollof Rice". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 2020-06-28. Retrieved 2022-07-01.
- ↑ "Concoction rice". ResearchGate.
