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- ↑ "Fried", BBC.
- ↑ "Interview with Lorna Gayle (Mrs Anyia)", Menagerie Theatre Company.
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- ↑ "Meet the cast of Strike: Troubled Blood, season 5 of the BBC drama".
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- ↑ ""Netflix" Amplifying Diverse British Voices in Front of and Behind the Camera words Anne Mensah - Alt a Review". 31 January 2021.
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