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Subject(s)

• Popular music—Ghana—2001-2010 [Browse]
• Folk music—Ghana [Browse]
• Labor union members—Ghana—Songs and music [Browse]
• Transport workers—Ghana—Songs and music [Browse]
• Songs, Gã—Ghana [Browse]
• Folk songs, Gã—Ghana [Browse]

Related name

• La, Nii Tetteh Boye [Browse]
• Agoe, Janet Angorkor [Browse]
• Kpobi, Miriam Dzama [Browse]
• Sowah, Emmanuel Adjetey [Browse]
• Feld, Steven [Browse]
• Agazi, Nana [Browse]

Notes

• "Por por (paw paw) music is named for the sound of squeeze-bulb car horns, ubiquitous on Ghana's early wooden lorries"--Container; music for horns, bells, drums, flute, and voices.
• "Compositions, adaptations, and arrangements by Nii Tetteh Boye La"--Container.
• Compact disc.
• Credits and program notes in English printed on container.

Creation/​Production credits

Produced by Steven Feld for La Drivers Union Por Por Group.

Time and place of event

Recorded in the La area of Accra, Ghana, by Nana Agazi and Steven Feld.

Participant(s)/​Performer(s)

The La Drivers Union Por Por Group ; with, variously: Janet Angorkor Agoe, Miriam Dzama Kpobi, por por, vocals ; Emmanuel Adjetey Sowah, akasha shaker, vocals.

Language note

Sung in Gã.

Contents

• Sunshine in Africa (7:08)
• Omanye = Good tidings (9:35)
• Show me your love (6:30)
• Novi deke = No sibling (Ewe traditional) (7:08)
• Afiee Afi = Happy New Year (8:40)
• Somebody's lover (7:04)
• Mibi oo = My child (7:55)
• Klebo! = Uncle Ebo! (12:50).

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Subtitle from container

• Honk horn music from Ghana

Publisher no.

109

OCLC

464281918

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