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- ↑ Holly Gordon, "Here are all the 2022 Juno Award winners". CBC Music, May 14, 2022.
- 1 2 Thandiwe Konguavi, "Film captures Edmonton music instructor's homecoming to Namibia" Archived 2019-07-31 at the Wayback Machine . CBC News Edmonton, July 29, 2019.
- ↑ Taati Niilenge, "Namibian in Canada Launches African Music Book Project" Archived 2021-06-06 at the Wayback Machine . The Namibian , April 30, 2021.
- ↑ Brock Thiessen, "Western Canadian Music Awards Unveils Its 2021 Nominees" Archived 2021-06-21 at the Wayback Machine . Exclaim! , May 18, 2021.
