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- ↑ "The Shortlist". The Caine Prize for African Writing.
- ↑ "Caine Prize 2020: Tanzanian writer Erica Sugo Anyadike". BBC World Service. Retrieved 2021-03-08.
- ↑ "How to Marry an African President by Erica Sugo Anyadike".
- ↑ "Erica Sugo Anyadike | Elise Dillsworth Agency".
- ↑ "Erica Sugo Anyadike". OkayAfrica. May 19, 2020.
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