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- ↑ "Uganda has a new musical instrument" (audio). BBC News. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- 1 2 "Music, a great Platform through which people speak about injustice – Lt. Gen Muhoozi". Africa Tembelea. 14 April 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
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- 1 2 Ilado, Lucy (2 April 2019). "Uganda: Ssewa Ssewa to launch janzi instrument at home". Music in Africa. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
- ↑ Alex de Lacey. "Ugandan musician invents new instrument". Songlines UK. Archived from the original on 12 May 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
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