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- ↑ Fati Niger: An Exotic Songbird From Niger Rep., Daily Trust, 24 December 2011, retrieved 18 May 2021
- ↑ 5 Kannywood Divas That Are Not Nigerians, Daily Trust, 26 February 2021, retrieved 17 May 2021
- ↑ History of Kannywood female singer, Fati Niger and her Net worth, Hausa Today, 18 February 2017, archived from the original on 18 May 2021, retrieved 18 May 2021
- ↑ Yadda aka yi na zo Najeriya har na fara waka – Fati Nijar, BBC Hausa, 18 February 2020, retrieved 18 May 2021
- ↑ WHO partners with Fati Niger, popular Nigerian-based singer, to create awareness on cholera, meningitis and Lassa fever prevention, Afro.who, 28 March 2018
- ↑ "Fati Nijar: Buri na in sha gaban duk wata jaruma". 2 November 2015.
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