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- ↑ Ruwe, Fields (18 January 2012). "You Lazy (Intellectual) African Scum!". www.mindofmalaka.com/. Malaka Grant. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
- ↑ Malaka (24 February 2015). "Lazy Intellectual African Scum Revisited". Mind of Malaka. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- ↑ Kevin, Njue; Corder, Jason; Mwatela, Mkamzee Chao; Oketch, Patrick (1 October 2015), Intellectual Scum , retrieved 2 January 2017
- ↑ admin. "Winning Entries". The Slum Film Festival. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- ↑ Kenya film commission, Kalasha International. "KALASHA FILM AND TELEVISION AWARDS 2015 -LIST OF NOMINEES" (PDF). www.kenyafilmcommission.com/. Kenya Film Commission. Retrieved 2 January 2017.
- ↑ "2015 Film Programme guide" (PDF). www.afriff.com/. Africa International Film Festival. Retrieved 2 January 2017.