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Boetie, Dugmore. Familiarity Is the Kingdom of the Lost. New York: Dutton, 1969.
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Audio
Rodgers, Jimmie. Jimmie Rodgers: The Singing Brakeman. Bear Family, 1992. CD.
Tracey, Hugh. Music of Africa Series No. 2: Kenya. London: London Recordings, 1952. LP.
———. Sounds of Africa: Kipsigis, Kenya. Roodepoort: International Library of African Music, 1950. LP.
Video
"Yodeling: Jimmie Rodgers and Howlin' Wolf," The Official Mississippi Blues Trail Video Archive, http://www.msbluestrail.org/films.