Slinger Francisco, known as Mighty Sparrow, the 'Calypso King of the World', passed away on September 27 at the age of ninety. Calypso music was invented in the seventeenth century by African slaves in Trinidad, primarily from the Ibibio, Efik, and Igbo peoples of present-day Nigeria and Congo. The article reflects on the legacy of Mighty Sparrow and the origins of calypso.
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