Leroy Calliste had the most fitting calypso name, Black Stalin, but he was nothing like the ruthless Russian dictator who terrorised his subjects. Black Stalin used his power to celebrate Caribbean history, culture and music. He strived to build unity in the region. He never demanded respect. He was decades ahead of the Black Lives
DR GABRIELLE HOSEIN WHEN A giant passes on, all should pay their respects. So it is with Leroy Calliste, better known as Black Stalin. Mine is just an inexpert murmur in a chorus of bigger voices, but none in our nation should fail to recognise this elder, now gone, and his genius. He documented hardships
DEBBIE JACOB I WAS just off the boat, so to speak, but the late, great journalist Keith Smith decided to throw me in the deep end when I began working at the Trinidad Express. Keith felt my background in anthropology would keep me afloat as a journalist in an unfamiliar culture so when Carnival 1985
THE EDITOR: This is my time for burning! Peter, keep the fire blazing! This is Jah time for burning! Peter, keep the fire coming! These are some of the words from Burn Dem sung by the late Leroy Calliste, the Black Stalin, who hailed from San Fernando. He won five Calypso Monarch titles and sang
THE EDITOR: This is my time for burning! Peter, keep the fire blazing! This is Jah time for burning! Peter, keep the fire coming! These are some of the words from Burn Dem sung by the late Leroy Calliste, the Black Stalin, who hailed from San Fernando. He won five Calypso Monarch titles and sang