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- 1 2 3 "Adventure Archives". Visit Ghana. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
- ↑ "Ghana's Historic Mosques: The Lost Ones". The Hauns in Africa. 2018-09-28. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
- ↑ "Larabanga mosque in Ghana, Upper West region". Ghana-Net.com. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
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