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- ↑ Alternative démocratique dans le Tiers monde: revue d'études, de recherches, d'informations et d'opinions du CERDET. Centre d'études et de recherches sur la démocratie pluraliste dans le Tiers monde (CERDET). 1992. p. 24.
- ↑ Lanciné Sylla (1977). Tribalisme et parti unique en Afrique noire: esquisse d'une théorie générale de l'intégration nationale. Presses de la Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques. p. 177.