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- 1 2 Commonwealth endorses Ndiva Women's Film Festival Archived 2018-11-23 at the Wayback Machine , myjoyonline.com, 28 September 2017.
- ↑ "Ndiva Women's Film Festival - Film Screenings".
- ↑ Ellerson, Beti (October 30, 2018). "AFRICAN WOMEN IN CINEMA BLOG: Ndiva Women's Film Festival 2018 – Official Selection - Accra, Ghana - 1-3 November". Archived from the original on November 3, 2018. Retrieved November 1, 2018.
