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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Katz, David (2000) People Funny Boy: The Genius of Lee "Scratch" Perry, Canongate, ISBN 0-86241-854-2, p.281-2
- 1 2 3 Moskowitz, David V. (2006) Caribbean Music: an Encyclopedia of Reggae, Mento, Ska, Rock Steady, and Dancehall, Greenwood Press, ISBN 0-313-33158-8, p.160
- ↑ Larkin, Colin (1998) The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae, Virgin Books, ISBN 0-7535-0242-9, p.65
- ↑ Thompson, Dave (2002) Reggae & Caribbean Music, Backbeat Books, ISBN 0-87930-655-6, p.139
- ↑ Walters, Basil (2004) "Ashanti Roy aims to reunite Congos", Jamaica Observer , 13 August 2004
- ↑ Walters, Basil (2007) "The Congos rise again", Jamaica Observer , 9 December 2007
