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- ↑ "From the Calendas to the Calenda: On the Afro-Iberian Substratum in Black Performance Culture in the Americas" by Jeroen Dewulf, Journal of American Folklore 131 (519): 3–29 (2018)
- ↑ Dewulf, Jeroen (December 2021). "Rethinking the Historical Development of Caribbean Performance Culture from an Afro-Iberian Perspective: The Case of Junkanoo". New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids. 95 (3–4): 223–253. doi: 10.1163/22134360-bja10012 . S2CID 237712750.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ "How Brazilian are Quicumbis? On Mestiçagem and "African Indians" in Brazilian Popular Culture" by Jeroen Dewulf, Luso-Brazilian Review Volume 58, Number 1:62-86 (2021)
- ↑ Dewulf, Jeroen (25 April 2014). Gramática da língua neerlandesa, a língua dos holandeses e dos flamengos. ISBN 9781304927606 . Retrieved 28 December 2013.
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