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    Leadership - V.S. Naipaul

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    Description/Synopsis: Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad “V.S.” Naipaul was born in Trinidad on 17th August 1932‚ the descendant of indentured labourers shipped from India‚ this dispossessed child of the Raj has come on a long and marvellous journey. His upbringing familiarised him with every sort of deprivation‚ material and cultural. A scholarship to Oxford brought him to this country. Nothing sustained him afterwards except the determination‚ often close to despair‚ to become a writer. Against all likelihood

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    songs to use

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    The songs I want to use for the paper are Never Told by J. Cole where he talks about it as a father to son perspective because the son saw the father cheating‚ I also am going to use Breakdown by J. Cole because in this song he talk about it as a girls perspective on how she wants to cheat on her boyfriend. I will also use Let It Be by Dyme Def this song looks at it from the victims perspective and the person that wants to cheat.  Cheaters perspective o J Cole – Breakdown  In this song J Cole

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    Calypso Music

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    CALYPSO MUSIC Calypso is one of the most significant traditions in the Caribbean Music Industry. ‘Come‚ Mister tally man‚ tally me banana‚ daylight come and me wan’ go home‚” are the words to a famous calypso song recorded by Harry Belafonte in 1956. The Free Dictionary defines calypso music as ‘a type of music that originated in the West Indies‚ notably in Trinidad‚ and is characterized by improvised lyrics on topical or broadly humorous subjects’. It can also be said that calypso is a certain

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    Origin of Calypso

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    Origin Of Calypso Calypso is one of the most significant traditions in Caribbean music. Calypso began on the twin island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. The rhythms of calypso can be traced quite back to the seventeenth century. This was when the first enslaved Africans were brought to Trinidad to work on the sugar plantations. While the Africans worked in the sugar field plantations‚ they were forbidden to speak to one another. So‚ by means

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    S. NAIPAUL’S MIGUEL STREET What is the role of the creative artist in countries such as ours? Novelist V.S Naipaul raises this question in the story of B. Wordsworth‚ one of the stories in Miguel Street‚ a 1959 book of Trini characters. "Trinidadians are more recognizably ’characters’ than people in England"‚ said Naipaul in an August ‚1958 piece in the Times Literary Supplement. The "characters" in Miguel Street’s portrait gallery include "Man Man" and "Bolo"‚ both of whom are

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    Calypso Analysis

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    It had been days now. Calypso was still on the chase‚ guided by the mysterious and magnetic pull. Alone‚ he was continuing off of his previous encounter in the forest. Calypso never had really ever come across a group of ‘Nabis‚ much less stayed with the ones he met. Short and sweet greetings were more of what he liked to do. Nonetheless‚ this wasn’t going to be an easy task. He had been traveling for what seemed like ages and still didn’t come across any landmark that seemed even remotely related

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    Calypso (nearing the end of his journey – 7 years) • Odysseus has been trying to get home for ten years. • Athena tells her father Zeus that she wants to free Odysseus from Calypso’s island. So Zeus sends Hermes‚ the messenger god‚ to free him. • When Hermes arrives‚ Odysseus is sitting on the beach crying because he can’t get home. • Calypso says she is releasing him because she can’t stand to see him so upset. She tells him this so he might change his mind about leaving. • Calypso offers Odysseus

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    Songs and poems have a lot in common. They both must have a well-developed thought of what the author want to get a crossed. Some of the authors for poems will also add music to the poem to add more emotion to the poem. This is how some artists will come up with song ideas for a new song. If you take away the background music from a song the lyrics will more than likely be a poem or poem like such as a ballad. Therefore‚ poems and songs have a lot in common and will work together in multiple ways

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    Caribbean Calypso Music

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    famous calypso song. The Oxford dictionary defines calypso as a "West Indian song with improvised‚ usually up to date words." Calypso rhythms can be traced back to the arrival of the first African slaves brought to work in the sugar plantations of Trinidad. Forbidden to talk to each other‚ and robbed of all links to family and home‚ the slaves began to sing songs. They used calypso‚ which can be traced back to West African Kaiso‚ as a means of communication and to mock the slave masters. Calypso singing

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    Miguel Misconceptions

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    Miguel‚ a heavy hitting R&B artist born and raised in Los Angeles released his fourth studio album “War & Leisure” early on December 1. In his past projects‚ Miguel has made a name for himself by infusing trippy melodies and romantic lyrics as he became a trailblazer in the new age of R&B alongside fellow contemporary artists such as the Weeknd and Frank Ocean. After the release of his majorly appreciated third album “Wildheart‚” Miguel found himself taking the next year and a half off as he

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