List of calypsos with sociopolitical influences

"Calypso music has been used by Calypsonians to provide sociopolitical commentary. Prior to the independence of Trinidad and Tobago, calypsonians would use their music to express the daily struggles of living in Trinidad, critique racial and economic inequalities, express opinions on social order, and voice overall concerns for those living on the island. The Black lower class in particular used Calypso music to protest inequalities inflicted upon them under British rule and advocate for their rights. In response, Calypso music came to exist as a form of musical protest."

American presence in Trinidad and Tobago

Aspirations / Dreams

Calypso War / Extempo

Wilmoth Houdini performing in the 1940s

Christmas period

Corruption / Criminality

The Mighty Shadow

Culture - Calypso / Carnival evolution

Culture - Carnival icons

  • "Ah Miss de Bards" (2014), Chalkdust[13]
  • "Ah Thief it from Kitch" (1974), Chalkdust[16]
  • "Before You Gone" - "Before you gone Birdie" (2016), Macomere Fifi
  • "Black Stalin Say" (2013), Kurt Allen[7]
  • "For Kitchener's Sake" (2000), Chalkdust[13]
  • "Hammer (The)" (1986), David Rudder[13][11]
  • "Is Wot" (2022), David Rudder
  • "Kitchener Say" (2000), De Fosto
  • "Pretender's Reminder" (2015), Mistah Shak[15]
  • "Sartorial Elegance" (2007), Duane O'Connor
  • "Tribute to Kitchener" (2000), Lord Relator
  • "Tribute to Singing Sandra" (2021), Ajamu
  • "Tribute to Sundar Popo" (1995), Black Stalin[13]
  • Trinity is My Name (1994), Delamo[7]
  • "Will (The)" (1982), Scrunter[6][7]
  • "Wot Time it is" (2022), Aaron Duncan

Culture - Steelpan

Steelpan - Renegades

Culture (Other)

Drugs

Economy / Poverty

Education

Emigration / Immigration / National identity

Environment

  • "Mother Earth Is Crying" (1994), Baron
  • "Progress" (1980), King Austin[6][7]
  • "Progress 2021" (2021), Crazy
  • "What to Do with the Environment" (1994), Chalkdust

Feminism

Calypso Rose at Womex Awards - 2016

Folklore / Shango

Food / Drink

Grandstanding / Boasting

Health

Humour / Puns

(Portrait of Calypso, between 1938 and 1948) - Lord Invader

Jump up / Carnival dancing / Bacchanal

Machel Montano (Reggae Awards 2007)

LGBTQ

Machismo / Misogynist

News events - West Indies

News events - World

Politics - Before Independence (West Indies)

Politics - From Independence (West Indies)

Mighty Gabby

Politics - USA

Politics - World (Other)

Racial identity / Slavery

Religion (Christian) - Gospelypso

Religion (Others)

Social commentaries (Others)

Spirituality / Philosophy

Sports

Tabanca / Lover's quarrel

"Tabanca, tabanka, tabankca, tobanca (n) (Grenada, Guyana, Trinidad): A painful feeling of unrequited love, from loving someone who does not love in return, especially someone who was once a lover or spouse."[32]

War (up to end World War II)

Wars (post-World War II)

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