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References
- ↑ Je suis encore vivante (Paris, Le Cerf, 2013). The title's meaning in English is "Still Alive".
- ↑ "An amazing South Sudan refugee's testimony published in France" (10th of June, 2013)
- ↑ Interview on France 3 Channel, Picardie (6 October 2013)
- ↑ Portrait of Naomi Baki in french Newspaper La Croix, "Du Soudan à la France, le long calvaire de Naomi Baki" (La Croix, 15 October 2013).
- ↑ See this 2016 video in which Naomi Baki shares her testimony in English (translated in Hungarian)
- ↑ See Naomi Baki's web page
- ↑ I am still alive
- ↑ See for example this report available on the Anglican Website of Wau Diocese, Easter 2016: "Third fund-raising event in France for Wau ECSS Educational Program"
- ↑ Naomi Baki, "Being a Refugee..." 30 May 2016, interview published in French by Regardsprotestants.com
- ↑ I am still alive
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