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Strong social commentary calypsos highly critical of the political administrations of the time was a hallmark, and a high point, many Barbadians looked forward to at the Pic-O-De-Crop element of the Crop Over Festival. But in recent years that trend seems to have died off or at least fallen out of favour.Several reasons were put forward for its apparent demise during a series of Zoom meetings held by former Senator and leader of the United People’s Party, Lynette Eastmond on the topic of “The Political Calypso in Barbados.” She traced the history of the genre, noting that “Over the years the political calypso has been used to praise and criticise political actors, and has been a means of pushing back against tyranny. As a result, it became part of the island’s historical record as it became an amplification of the opinions of Barbadians.”In terms of where it is presently headed, young calypsonian Jamal Slocombe stated that: “Elsewhere in the region hard-hitting commentary ....

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