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- ↑ Ellerson, Beti, "Safi Faye's Gaze: The Evolution of an African Woman's Cinema", Reference Guide to African Women in Cinema, retrieved 19 December 2009
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- ↑ Thackway, Melissa (2003). Africa shoots back: alternative perspectives in Sub-Saharan Francophone African Film. James Currey. p. 155. ISBN 0-85255-576-8.
