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- ↑ "Make plans to see Nneka Jones' new work at University of Tampa's Ferman Center for the Arts". www.cltampa.com. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- ↑ La Vende, Jensen (10 November 2019). "Nneka's condom art hits the Target". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Retrieved 22 October 2020.