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- ↑ Agyeman, Opoku. The Failure of Grassroots Pan-Africanism: The Case of the All-African Trade Union Federation . Lanham: Lexington Books, 2003. pp. 98-99
- ↑ International Crisis Group, "Guinea in Transition" Policy Briefing: Africa Briefing N°37, Dakar/Brussels, 11 April 2006. p.3 Archived 9 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine
