Chorkor Trotro Explained

Chorkor Trotro is a Ghanaian comedy series which aired on TV3 between around 2014 and 2018.^[1]

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".^[2]

Cast

• Funny Face (comedian) as Chemu^{[3] [4]}
• Prince Yawson as Baba^[5]
• Ekow Jones as Wofa Sam
• Maame Esi
• Charsey^[6]
• Awele

Notes and References

1. Web site: The African film Industry: trends, challenges and opportunities for growth. 2023-03-27 . unesdoc.unesco.org.
2. Web site: elidokosi . 2014-12-13 . Chorkor Trotro rises from the ashes . 2023-03-27 . Eli Dokosi . en.
3. Web site: 2014-08-18 . Funny Face quits Chorkor Trotro .
4. News: Ghana police arrest comedian Funny Face sake of alleged death threats . BBC News Pidgin . 2023-03-27.
5. Web site: Agambila . Dorcas . 2022-10-02 . Veteran actor Waakye laid to rest . 2023-03-27 . Pulse Ghana . en.
6. Web site: 2022-08-24 . Charsey of 'Chorkor Trotro' fame twerks, wiggles belly at Osu Street Carnival . 2023-03-27 . GhanaWeb . en.