Calypso
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Harry Belafonte, pioneering performer and activist, dies at 96
Belafonte’s calypso, the genre of Caribbean music that drew from West African and French influences, propelled him to fame
Excerpt: ‘Taking a Six for a Nine: Sexual imagery in the Trinidad Calypso’
Keith Warner explores the sensual pulse of calypso, focusing on the Mighty Sparrow, in an essay from the ‘Erotique Noire’ collection