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- ↑ "Kunle Afolayan's "Roti" explores loss, grief and reincarnation". www.pulse.ng. 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
- ↑ The Editor (2017-05-02). "Kunle Afolayan's 'Roti' Hits Cinemas this June". Nollywood Observer. Retrieved 2019-11-03.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ↑ slumbee (22 May 2017). "Movie review: Roti/ A Kunle Afolayan Movie" . Retrieved 2019-11-03.
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