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- 1 2 Celeste-Marie Bernier (2019). Stick to the Skin: African American and Black British Art, 1965-2015. University of California Press. p. 279. ISBN 9780520286535.
- ↑ "African Diaspora Artists in the 21st Century - artist interview film archive" . Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- ↑ "RBA Annual Exhibition 2021". 16 March 2021.