found: His West African pop roots, 1992:CIP t.p. (John Collins) data sheet (b. 11-19-44)
found: His African pop roots, c1985:t.p. (John Collins) p. 6 (musician; member of Bokoor; runs Bokoor Recording Studio)
found: The performing arts in Africa - Ghanaian perspectives, 2014:title page (E. John Collins) page xiv (has been active in the Ghanaian/West African music scene since 1969 as a guitarist, bandleader and writer; he obtained his BA degree in sociology and archaeology from the University of Ghana in 1972 and his PhD in ethnomusicology from SUNY Buffalo in 1994; began teaching at the Music Department of the University of Ghana in 1995 where he obtained a full professorship in 2002; served as the head of the Music Department, 2003-2005; his particular areas of research are the social history of African popular and neo-traditional music and the Ghanaian music industry)