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  2. Music of Trinidad and Tobago - Wikipedia

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    In 1797, Trinidad became a British crown colony, with a French-speaking population. Carnival had arrived with the French. Indentured laborers and slaves, who could not take part in Carnival, formed their own, parallel celebration, canboulay , which became the precursor for the Trinidad & Tobago Carnival , and has played an important role in the ...

  3. Calypso music - Wikipedia

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    Cote ce Cote la Trinidad and Tobago Dictionary. John Mendes, Arima, Trinidad. Munro, Hope. What She Do: Women in Afro-Trinidadian Music (University of Mississippi Press, 2016). I ISBN 978-1496807533. Quevedo, Raymond (Atilla the Hun). 1983. Atilla's Kaiso: a short history of Trinidad calypso (1983). University of the West Indies, St. Augustine ...

  4. Kaiso - Wikipedia

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    Kaiso therefore, means go forward in the Ibibio language of Southeastern Nigeria. The Ibibios and Igbo people who were kidnapped from the Niger Delta and Calabar, [4] shipped across the vast Atlantic Ocean, and subsequently enslaved in the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago brought their music, language, and traditions with them. In ...

  5. List of Caribbean music genres - Wikipedia

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    Divisions between Caribbean music genres are not always well-defined, because many of these genres share common relations, instrumentation and have influenced each other in many ways and directions. [2] For example, the Jamaican mento style has a long history of conflation with Trinidadian calypso. [3]

  6. Canboulay - Wikipedia

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    Canboulay (from the French cannes brulées, meaning burnt cane) is a precursor to Trinidad and Tobago Carnival. The festival is also where calypso music has its roots. It was originally a harvest festival, at which drums, singing, dancing and chanting were an integral part. After Emancipation (1834), it developed into an outlet and a festival ...

  7. List of musical genres of the African diaspora - Wikipedia

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    French hip hop; Raï; Garifuna music; Music of Belize; Music of Honduras; Hunguhungu; Haitian music (see page for full list of musical forms) Jamaica; Dancehall; Dub; Lovers rock; Mento; Ragga; Reggae; Rocksteady; Roots reggae; Ska; Music of the Lesser Antilles; Zouk; Music of Anguilla; Music of Antigua and Barbuda; Music of Aruba and the ...

  8. Category:Music of Trinidad and Tobago - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Music of Trinidad and Tobago" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  9. Category:Trinidad and Tobago styles of music - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Trinidad and Tobago styles of music" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .