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- ↑ "La Biennale di Venezia - National Participations: Angola". labiennale.org. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ↑ Toledo, Manuel (6 June 2013). "Africa triumphs at the Venice Biennale". BBC News . Retrieved 23 August 2013.
- ↑ "Beyond Entropy Angola", Domus
- ↑ "Beyond Entropy Angola" Archello
- ↑ See Official Awards of the 55th International Art Exhibition online http://www.labiennale.org/en/art/news/01-06.html?back=true Archived 2013-08-06 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "The Golden Lions", Domus
- ↑ Juries DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program.