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- ↑ Turino, Thomas (15 October 2008). Music as Social Life: The Politics of Participation (Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology): Thomas Turino: 9780226816982: Amazon.com: Books. ISBN 978-0226816982.
- ↑ "Afropop Worldwide". www.afropop.org. Archived from the original on 14 December 2005. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ↑ comments, Vasco Chaya • 23 April 2018 10:22AM • 0. "Artistes jostle for Mukanya collabo". DailyNews Live.
- ↑ "Japanoise: Music at the Edge of Circulation". PopMatters. June 6, 2013.
- ↑ "Adelanto de "En contra de la música", de Julio Mendívil". June 13, 2016.
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