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- 1 2 3 Get familiar: Ghanaian-American poet, Naki Akarobettoe. Posted by Ameyaw Debrah on July 16, 2011. Retrieved on December 10, 2011, to 17:40
- 1 2 Getting to know poet Naki Akrobettoe. Interview to Akarobettoe. Posted by Lorraine Cipriano on May 23, 2010.
- ↑ The sojourner´s Truth... And she shall know the truth.... Toledo´African-American Newspaper: A Poetic Farewell Archived May 25, 2014, at the Wayback Machine . Interview to Naki Akarobettoe. Posted by Michael Hayes, Minister of Culture.
- ↑ NAKI - RAWartists.org.