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- ↑ "2021 Appointments to the Order of Canada | The Royal Society of Canada". rsc-src.ca. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
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- ↑ "University of Toronto Press - The Caribbean Diaspora in Toronto". University of Toronto Press. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
- ↑ "Reclaiming African Religions in Trinidad". University of the West Indies Press. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
- ↑ "Frances Henry - THE COLOUR OF DEMOCRACY: RACISM IN CANADIAN SOCIETY". www.yorku.ca. Retrieved 2023-03-08.
- ↑ Henry, Frances (2008). He Had the Power: Pa Neezer, the Orisha King of Trinidad : a Personal Memoir. Lexicon. ISBN 978-976-631-047-9.
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