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- ↑ "Hommage du collectif des citoyen de Mayotte | L'info KWEZI" (in French). Retrieved 2022-04-04.
- ↑ Inter, France (2019-10-21). "Qui sont les "Chatouilleuses", ces militantes de Mayotte à qui Emmanuel Macron va rendre hommage ?". www.franceinter.fr (in French). Retrieved 2022-04-04.
- 1 2 "Hommage du Collectif des citoyens de Mayotte à Echati Maoulida | Le Journal De Mayotte". lejournaldemayotte.yt. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
- ↑ "Indian Ocean, Mayotte Intangible Heritage" (PDF). Ministry of Culture. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
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