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- ↑ Abdulai Iddrisu (2009). Contesting Islam: "Homegrown Wahhabism," Education and Muslim Identity in Northern Ghana, 1920--2005. ProQuest. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ↑ DAILY GRAPHIC (March 16, 2013). "Tamale: Rainstorm kills one at Kalpohini". GbcGhana. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ↑ "Tamale Awaits Tigo Community Soccer". Spy Ghana. April 18, 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ↑ GNA (31 December 2009). "Tamale Metro Assembly to construct storm drain in Gumani" . Retrieved 4 July 2014.
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