List of calypsos with sociopolitical influences

The list of calypsos with sociopolitical influences is sectioned by main topics. Calypso music is a worldwide phenomenon.

American presence in Trinidad and Tobago[edit]

Aspirations / Dreams[edit]

Christmas period[edit]

Corruption / Criminality[edit]

The Mighty Shadow

Culture - Calypso / Carnival evolution[edit]

Culture - Calypso War / Extempo / Picong[edit]

Lord Invader, The Growler, Atilla the Hun and Roaring Lion (1943) - Calypso22

Culture - Icons (Calypso / Carnival / Pan)[edit]

Culture - Kalenda / Stick fighting[edit]

Culture - Steelpan[edit]

Steelpan - Renegades

Culture - Other[edit]

Drugs[edit]

Economy / Poverty[edit]

Education[edit]

Environment[edit]

Family relations[edit]

Feminism[edit]

Calypso Rose at Womex Awards - 2016

Food / Drink[edit]

Grandstanding / Boasting[edit]

Health[edit]

  • "Ah Fraid de AIDS" (1988), Mighty Sparrow[3]
  • "Asian Flu" (1958), Mighty Wrangler[19]
  • "Awakening" (The) (2021), Crazy[27]
  • "Backyard Jam" (2021), Farmer Nappy[27]
  • "Better Days" (2021), Patrice Roberts[27]
  • "Bush Medicine" (1971), Lord Relator[53]
  • "Doh JackAss the Scene" (2021), Devon Seale
  • "Ebola Scare" (2015), Myron B[27]
  • "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Amery Brown[27]
  • "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Brian London[27]
  • "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Devon Seale[27]
  • "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Heather MacIntosh[27]
  • "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), His Majesty Baker Jr (First of the chain)[27][54]
  • "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Josef Paty[27]
  • "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Michelle Henry[27]
  • "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Raymond Ramnarine[27]
  • "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Roger Mohammed[27]
  • "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Singing Sandra[27]
  • "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Stacey Sobers[27]
  • "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Terri Lyons[27]
  • "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Lady Watchman[27]
  • "Extempo Quarantine Challenge" (2020), Queen Victoria[27]
  • "Fighting AIDS" (2005), Adesh Samaroo[27]
  • "H.I.V" (2001), Mighty Shadow[27]
  • "How I Spent My Time at the Hospital" (1938), Lord Executor[19]
  • "Jaws" (1977), Lord Kitchener[11]
  • "Melancholy" (2021), Nailah Blackman[27]
  • "Ms Corona" (2020), G String[27]
  • "Negative to Positive" (1992), Bryan Bumba Payne[3]
  • "Pandemic" (2021), Brother Mudada
  • "Vaccine or Not" (2021), Kurt Allen[27]
  • "What Corona Do" (2021), Contender[27]

Humour / Puns / Smutty[edit]

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

Jump up / Carnival dancing / Bacchanal[edit]

Machel Montano (Reggae Awards 2007)

LGBTQ[edit]

Machismo / Misogynist[edit]

National identity - Emigration[edit]

National identity - Immigration[edit]

National identity - Pride & hope[edit]

News events - West Indies[edit]

News events - World[edit]

Politics - Before independence (West Indies)[edit]

Politics - Federation (West Indies) - Caribbean Unity[edit]

Politics - From independence (West Indies)[edit]

Mighty Gabby

Politics - USA[edit]

Politics - World (Other)[edit]

Promotion / Advertising[edit]

Racial identity / Slavery[edit]

Dr Hollis "Chalkdust" Liverpool

Religion - Christian / Gospelypso[edit]

Religion - Others[edit]

Shango / Folklore[edit]

Social commentaries - Others[edit]

Spirituality / Philosophy[edit]

Sports - Cricket[edit]

Brian Lara

Sports - Others[edit]

Tabanca / Love / Jealousy[edit]

"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."[63]

War - Up to end of World War II[edit]

Wars - Post World War II[edit]

References[edit]

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