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- ↑ "Imbuga, Francis", in Martin Banham, Errol Hill & George Woodyard (eds), The Cambridge Guide to African & Caribbean Theatre, Cambridge University Press, 1994, p. 48.
- ↑ "The man who taught us to say the truth laughingly". Nation. 2020-07-03. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
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