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- ↑ "Parcours: Pascale Obolo, reine camerounaise de l'art contemporain". Jeune Afrique (in French). Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ↑ "Pascale Obolo: the Cameroonian artist promoting a new kind of cultural criticism". True Africa. 20 September 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
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