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- 1 2 New Testament Christianity for Africa and the World (1974), pp. 179 - 197; A. F. Walls
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- ↑ M. Markwei, Harry Sawyerr's Patron (Bishop T. S. Johnson), in M. E. Glasswell and E. W. Fashole-Luke, ed.,
- ↑ The Theological Significance of Harry Sawyerr, in The Practice of Presence: Selected Papers of Harry Sawyerr; J. Parratt, ed., (1995)