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- ↑ "Keletigui et ses Tabourinis: The Syliphone Years CD booklet". Sterns Africa. Sterns Africa.
- ↑ "Momo Wandel Soumah: Passing of an African Jazz Original". Afropop Worldwide. Archived from the original on September 17, 2008. Retrieved October 7, 2010.
- ↑ "Obituary: Momo Wandel Soumah, Friday 20 June 2003". The Independent . Retrieved January 28, 2014.
