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- ↑ Kapapi, John (March 28, 2019). Lies of the Tutsi in Eastern Congo/Zaire: A Case Study: South Kivu (Pre-Colonial to 2018). Bloomington, Indiana. pp. 35–37. ISBN 9781796022896.
- ↑ Gerard-Libois, Jules; Verhaegen, Benoit (December 8, 2015). Congo 1964: Political Documents of a Developing Nation. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 370. ISBN 9781400875429.
- ↑ Stroup, Mary-Ellen (March 16, 2021). A Bunk Bed, a Banana Tree and a Dog: Personal Letters and Recollections Unfold Decades of a Family’s Growing Faith in God While Missionaries in a Developing Country. Monroe County, Indiana: WestBow Press. ISBN 9781664219113.
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