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- ↑ Brachet, Julien; Scheele, Judith (2019-05-09). The Value of Disorder: Autonomy, Prosperity, and Plunder in the Chadian Sahara. Cambridge University Press. p. 98. ISBN 978-1-108-42833-0.
- ↑ Intercontinental Press Combined with Inprecor. Intercontinental Press. 1978. p. 806.