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If not free, labor to work the plantations. they found it in east india. >> chan: at the abolition of slavery the plantation owners desperately needed to find labor to fill the void created by the slaves who turned their back on the plantations for obvious reasons. and they looked around they tried portuguese, they tried chinese, they tried many communities, until they found out that indians were the best suited because theyve already planted sugar cane in india successfully. >> anthony: between...

Who ive grew up with whove gone to fight in syria, who left here. i mean they will tell you that the official count is 140. i would say its more. >> anthony: youd say its more? >> muhammed: id say its more. >> anthony: and why do you think people would go? >> muhammed: i would have to go back into my childhood to explain that. the coupe that happened here happened when i was six years old. they had all these young people in there who had this idea, you know, were they were going to build this th...

Had that? >> anthony: yeah, beautiful. >> woman in blue shirt: im going to pour some olive oil over our lovely things because olive oil is a must. >> anthony: i mean how closely do people stay in contact with family or relatives in lebanon and syria, if at all? >> mario: well theres not very much. >> vanessa: we are trinidadians too as much as we are lebanese and syrian, we are trinidadians. trinidad has been good to us and we know it. >> man in black shirt: well life is good here in trinidad, l...

That. i just got fascinated by tracking down all of these pioneers and getting their stories of how they got involved. >> boogsie: ill be 64 years this year. i playing music since i was a little kid. >> kim: yeah theres stories that he grew up with them in one of his backyard so when he was about three years old he was going out playing with them. >> anthony: boogsie composes his pieces layering different types of drums on top of each other. the engine room made of unpitched percussion, lays dow...

Lazy beach days, boat drinks, villas all set to a calypso beat. ♪ >> anthony: in the 1800s slaves would sing the news and gossip of the day in a creole patois to an african beat. later, musicians added european style melodies and calypso was born. the long time reigning queen of this music, an absolute pioneer of the form, is calypso rose. ♪ ♪

All of these things you been saying about building a nation or whatever, how come im seeing these people benefit and im not? how come im seeing this and seeing that, and there were very few answers. you know what i mean. >> anthony: so who runs this country? >> muhammed: like everywhere else that one percent, like everywhere else. >> anthony: everybody here is very eager to tell you what a wonderful mix it is, and the food if you look at it is this incredibly harmonious stew pot, but i guess lif...

>> king david: yes sir. if im fighting, if im really fighting, im a monster. i got to lick you down, i got to kill you, i got to dig you up, i got to bury you, i got to murder you, ive got to take you out. the demon in me is going to come out. i call a demon to walk with me. >> anthony: king david is one of the old school street fighter who has kept his form from fading over the years. >> anthony: as in brazil, the deep south, african slaves were given little to work with when it came time for t...

The usual european hunters of fortune. the spanish came looking for gold. then the dutch, french, and british took their turns at the real money of the time: sugar. an economy built on plantation labor and slavery. finally the island hit the big money, oil. >> anthony: a pair of seemingly unrelated events had a big impact on the islands musical culture. during world war ii, the us navy built an oil depot to supply over sea strategic needs. and the ruling british banned drums made from traditiona...

Know." we need to have people held accountable for certain things. with drug trafficking being one of the biggest businesses in the world. trinidad continues to be a major transshipment point for drug dealers to get that product out to north america and europe. so you find now the explosion of violence that we have is for those that are involved locally with the drug trafficking, theres fight for territory. >> anthony: an estimated 3.5 billion dollars worth of narcotics move through the caribbea...

>> anthony: beirut. >> mario: yes like beirut. you know arak, would you like arak? >> anthony: with a little ice and some water would be perfect. >> mario: perfect, my drink of choice is grey goose with coconut water. >> anthony: the family story is not an uncommon one. the first members came here during the collapse of the ottoman empire arriving penniless. they worked their way up as textile merchants and branched out to run businesses that sell everything from medical equipment to real estate...