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- ↑ Enemugwem, JH; Romokere, BS (2009-10-08). "Obolo (Andoni) Women in The Nigerian Civil War, 1967-1970". Lwati: A Journal of Contemporary Research. 6 (2). doi: 10.4314/lwati.v6i2.46559 . ISSN 1813-2227.
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