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- ↑ G. D. Killam, Alicia L. Kerfoot (2008), Student Encyclopedia of African Literature, p. 220. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313335808.
- ↑ Simon Gikandi, Evan Mwangi (2013), The Columbian Guide to East African literature in English Since 1945, Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0231125208.
