Tobago's #MeToo Trailblazer: Calypso Rose
Afropop Worldwide
English - May 22, 2018 17:42 - 20 minutes - 37.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 281 ratingsMusic music pri africa afropop worldwide african fela kuti diaspora pop Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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For six decades Calypso Rose has been one of the Caribbean’s leading feminists and human rights advocates. Now, at the age of 78, she's touring the world with songs about sexual assault, workplace discrimination, and some thoughts on Donald Trump. In this report, Afropop correspondent Dan Rosenberg talks with Calypso Rose about using music as a weapon for social change, and how Rose collaborated with fashion designer Anya Ayoung Chee to transform "Leave Me Alone" into a political movement. We will also go behind-the-scenes with her producer, Ivan Duran, bandleader Drew Gonsalves of Kobo Town, and filmmaker Pascale Obolo.
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