Black Stalin - Caribbean Unity ( Calypso )
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Love your gung ho Black nationalism. I too came out of the womb of the "movement", but fifty years after Nkruma, and MLK all we have is the same rhetoric. Meanwhile we have misplaced two generations. Let us live it, not talk it.
BTW - Do you think Black Stalin was suggesting that women (whom are also not mentioned), came on a spaceship, as well? I don't think so. Again, it is all with the context of the motif behind the lyrics. What do you really think was Black Stalin's intent? GHOST.
Non masai. They did not arrive on a spaceship or a slave ship. They came on an indenture-ship. Black Stalin's calypso must be taken in the context he intended; he was addressing a particular section of Caribbean society, who happened to made up the majority of the masses. I sincerely doubt his intent was to disrespect any other "racial" group, East Indian, Chinese, or whomever. Regardless, it was a valid topic, as told through the eyes of a Black Rastafarian Trinidadian "Caribbean Man". (I remember the reaction of the East Indian community, though.) Keep in mind, our promotion of "self-love", is not involved with hate for others, and if you truly love yourself, you cannot possibly hate others. I think that Black Stalin's character has shown who he is, over the years, and I doubt that anyone would consider him "racist", or insensitive to the concerns of his East Indian countrymen and countrywomen. "Caribbean Man" is to be taken in context. That's my take. GHOST.
Did the Indo-Trins come by spaceship?
Classic tune dis! The kaisonian is so often light years ahead of the politicians!
Lot of islands in the Caribbean. Room for lots of people...with different backgrounds.
....'who feels it, knows it'.