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- 1 2 3 4 "Dieci", a new exhibition by Kiki Bokassa in Beirut, iloubnan.info, May 16, 2011. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
- 1 2 Bokassa's Mural signing ceremony Archived 2013-01-23 at archive.today , Executive Company Bulletin, November 18, 2008.
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