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Calypso

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

The best way to receive news in the Caribbean used to be via song. Philip Nanton looks at the elegant and amusing calypsos which told of vivid events and the scurrilous behaviour of politicians and their ilk. It is a tradition that came from praise singers - the court jesters of Africa. But is news too important to be messed about by musical tricksters? Producer Matt Thompson

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Song:
Philip Nanton
Producer:
Matt Thompson
Source: Radio Times

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