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Chorkor Trotro
Chorkor Trotro is a Ghanaian comedy series which aired on TV3 between around 2014 and 2018. Overview This comedy series, mainly in Twi and pidgin portrays the daily experience of people with "Trotro" minibuses in Ghana. It is centered on the hustles of a bus driver and his conductor (referred to as "mate" in Ghana) and their interactions with passengers. The setting of this series is a bus station at Chorkor, a suburb of the Greater Accra region in Ghana, hence the title of this series being "Chorkor Trotro". Cast * Funny Face (comedian) as Chemu * Prince Yawson } Prince Yawson ( – 1 August 2022), also known as Waakye, was a Ghanaian actor and comedian. He died at the 37 Military Hospital, on 1 August 2022, at the age of 52. Filmography * '' Obra'' * ''Yaa Asantewaa'' * '' Chorkor Trotro'' * ''Jagger ... as Baba * Ekow Jones as Wofa Sam * Maame Esi *Charsey *Awele References Ghanaian comedy television series {{Africa-tv-prog-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghanaian
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and Togo in the east.Jackson, John G. (2001) ''Introduction to African Civilizations'', Citadel Press, p. 201, . Ghana covers an area of , spanning diverse biomes that range from coastal savannas to tropical rainforests. With nearly 31 million inhabitants (according to 2021 census), Ghana is the second-most populous country in West Africa, after Nigeria. The capital and largest city is Accra; other major cities are Kumasi, Tamale, and Sekondi-Takoradi. The first permanent state in present-day Ghana was the Bono state of the 11th century. Numerous kingdoms and empires emerged over the centuries, of which the most powerful were the Kingdom of Dagbon in the north and the Ashanti Empire in the south. Beginning in the 15th century, the Portuguese Em ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV3 Ghana
TV3 is a Ghanaian free-to-air television network in Ghana. Launched in 1997 by Malaysian company Sistem Televisyen Malaysia Berhad, TV3 airs and produces a variety of television programmes including acclaimed news bulletins, dramas and successful reality television and entertainment shows. It was taken over by a Ghanaian company called Media General Ghana Limited in 2011. TV3 Ghana established itself as the most watched free-to-air television station in Ghana, having achieved 65% nationwide penetration at end-2006 and aiming to reach 90% by 2008. TV3 is a privately owned TV in Ghana. However, TV3 has experienced major competition in the likes of Metro TV which has succeeded not only in broadcasting its network to all the regions in the country but it also struck a deal with South Africa's MultiChoice allowing it to be broadcast throughout Africa. Despite this, TV3 remains popular for its showing of Mexican telenovelas, Korean series and music and a variety of local and foreign m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pidgin
A pidgin , or pidgin language, is a grammatically simplified means of communication that develops between two or more groups of people that do not have a language in common: typically, its vocabulary and grammar are limited and often drawn from several languages. It is most commonly employed in situations such as trade, or where both groups speak languages different from the language of the country in which they reside (but where there is no common language between the groups). Linguists do not typically consider pidgins as full or complete languages. Fundamentally, a pidgin is a simplified means of linguistic communication, as it is constructed impromptu, or by convention, between individuals or groups of people. A pidgin is not the native language of any speech community, but is instead learned as a second language. A pidgin may be built from words, sounds, or body language from a multitude of languages as well as onomatopoeia. As the lexicon of any pidgin will be limited to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Funny Face (comedian)
Benson Nana Yaw Oduro Boateng (born on October 1, 1981, popularly known as Funny Face, is a Ghanaian comedian, known for his role in TV3 Ghana's sitcom Chorkor Trotro. He is also known as SwagOn-Papa. Career Funny Face's first appearance on the ''Night of 1010 Laughs'' was in 2010. It is believed that he made his breakthrough to comedy through this. Funny Face played the role of driver's ''mate'' in the TV3 sitcom ''Chorkor tro tro'', where he was known as ''Chemu'' before quitting, for reasons unknown. His role in ''Chorkor Trotro'' gave him much popularity. He has also performed at the comedy dubbed ''Night of 1018 laughs''. His interest in music made him work with hiplife artist Castro de Destroyer. He featured in Castro's ''Sweet Banana'' while Castro also featured in Funny Face's ''Odo Bekumi''. Funny Face also appeared in Castro and Asamoah Gyan's ''Do The Dance'', and ''Odo Pa''. He has also been helpful to Togolese international footballer Emmanuel Adebayor at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Yawson
} Prince Yawson ( – 1 August 2022), also known as Waakye, was a Ghanaian actor and comedian. He died at the 37 Military Hospital, on 1 August 2022, at the age of 52. Filmography * '' Obra'' * ''Yaa Asantewaa'' * '' Chorkor Trotro'' * ''Jagger Pee'' * ''Living Arts Show'' * ''Ogboo'' * ''Man Woman'' * '' Diabolo'' See also * Eddie Coffie Eddie Cofie (1959–2015) was a Ghanaian actor, president of the Ghana Actors Guild and also a pastor. He featured in many Ghanaian movies like Bob Smith Junior, Bob Smith's Diabolo (film), Diabolo, Dirty Tears Sinking Sands and A Northern Affair. ... References 20th-century births 2022 deaths Ghanaian male film actors {{Ghana-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |