hmmm interesting...

I guess Trevor Wilkins need to start playing Maximus and Bunji on his show then

Though soca was derived from calypso, I think the ole timers would never put soca and calypso in the same category.

I don't think that the article posted says that only Africans in Trinidad arrived in the western hemisphere with kaiso. Basically the artform that we have come to know today called calypso was developed in Trinidad because of those African slave. Here's a non-Trini perspective...

"The derivation of calypso rhythms can be traced back to the arrival of the first African slaves to Barbados and other Caribbean islands in the seventeenth century. The artform, which was developed in Trinidad, combines the skills of story-telling, singing and instrument making, and has since been influenced by European, North American and other Caribbean cultures. Calypso is a unique form of music that is an integral part of the Barbadian cultural landscape."

Taken from


http://barbados.org/music/calypso.htm

Also check this out...(I don't think it's a Trini perspective)

http://www.streetswing.com/histmain/z3calypo.htm