The Story of Por Por.

After electric horns arrived in West Africa, honk horns virtually disappeared. But a union of bus and truck drivers in the Accra township of La kept the por por horns and invented a jazzy honking music adding bells, drums, and voices. The La drivers only perform this Por Por at funerals of their fel...

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Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
Published: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Documentary Educational Resources, 2010.
Kanopy Streaming, 2019.
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Online Access:View this video online

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