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- 1 2 Hachimiya Ahamada, africine.org
- 1 2 Adjimaël Halidi, [Entretien /Hachimiya AHAMADA : Une cinéaste du terroir], Regarder l’archipel des Comores autrement, 1 January 2011. Translated by Beti Ellerson as Hachimiya Ahamada: A Filmmaker of the Land, African Women in Cinema, 1 February 2011.
- ↑ Beti Ellerson, Hachimiya Ahamada: Dreams from the Comoros, African Women in Cinema, 1 December 2011.
