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- ↑ Mlola, Gervase Tatah (2010). The Ways of the Tribe: A Cultural Journey across North-Eastern Tanzania. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: E & D Vision Pub. pp. 116–131. ISBN 9789987521425.
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