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- ↑ "Exhibitions/Commissions |John Akomfrah: The Unfinished Conversation", Autograph ABP.
- ↑ "John Akomfrah’s film installation ‘The Unfinished Conversation’ opens at the Tate Britain", ARC Magazine , 25 October 2013.
- ↑ Korossi, Georgia. "The Stuart Hall Project: John Akomfrah interview". British Film Institute.