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- ↑ Zonk. OCLC 868977157.
- ↑ "Hyman Kirstein – ESAT". esat.sun.ac.za.
- ↑ Maingard, Jacqueline (2003). "Bokkies/Moffies: Cinematic Images of Black Sexual Identity in 'Zonk!' (1950)". Journal of African Cultural Studies. 16 (1): 25–43. doi:10.1080/1369681032000169249. JSTOR 3181383. S2CID 191474513.
- ↑ "Southern African Films and Documentaries launches on Africa Commons". 17 May 2023 – via librarytechnology.org.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ "Song and genocide: Investigating the function of Yvonne Chaka Chaka's Umqombothi in Hotel Rwanda". p. 735
- ↑ Maingard, Jacqueline (2003). "Bokkies/Moffies: Cinematic Images of Black Sexual Identity in 'Zonk!' (1950)". Journal of African Cultural Studies. 16 (1): 25–43. doi:10.1080/1369681032000169249. JSTOR 3181383. S2CID 191474513.
- ↑ "South African Musical Film – 'African Jim' (1949) & 'Zonk' (1950)". The New York Public Library.
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