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- ↑ "At 66, Tunde Kelani produces 18th movie". Nigerian Entertainment Today - Nigeria's Number 1 Entertainment Daily. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ↑ "Continual Re-enchantment: Tunde Kelani's Village Films and the Spectres of Early African Cinema". framescinemajournal.com. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ↑ "Best of Nigeria's literary adaptations into movies". tribune.com.ng. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ↑ "White Handkerchief". African Film Festival Inc. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
- ↑ Griswold, Wendy (19 June 2000). Bearing Witness. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691058296 . Retrieved 5 April 2015.
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