No-No Boy

Lam Thi Dep

2018 · Portland, Oregon

Artist
No-No Boy
Title
Lam Thi Dep
Release
1942
Year
2018
Format
Digital · Album
Language
English
Country
Portland, Oregon, USA
Songwriter
Julian Saporiti
Genre
Folk · Contemporary Folk
Primary theme
Post-War

Notes

Track 5 of 1942 (3:21), named after the woman guerrilla of the 1972 photograph, shown with a rifle taken from dead infantry; a Vietnamese American woman among academics reflects on her family's refugee past, Miss Saigon and "Uncle Ho". [From the Bandcamp lyrics]

About the artist

Born Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Currently Portland, Oregon, USA. Folk project of Vietnamese-American songwriter and historian Julian Saporiti, whose songs draw on Asian American history. [Source: Rate Your Music]

Themes

Vietnamese Perspective · Refugees · Women Fighters · Ho Chi Minh

From the release 1942

In collections

Other Vietnamese Songs · Vietnamese Boat People / Refugee Crisis