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Mighty Sparrow performing in the mid 1950s. (courtesy Calypso Dreams)
CALYPSO

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

  • Keith Warner
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