Veteran T&T calypsonian Black Stalin dies | Leroy Calliste | Trinidad & Tobago's calypsonian

Veteran T&T calypsonian Black Stalin dies at 81. Trinidad & Tobago's calypsonian Black Stalin, the quintessential ‘Caribbean Man,’ dies at 81 There's a saying that when elders die, it's as if a library has been burned to the ground. That loss is compounded when the elder in question is a griot, a master storyteller who is a repository of a culture and a virtuoso of the oral tradition. On December 28, Trinidad and Tobago experienced such a loss when veteran calypsonian Leroy Calliste, better known by his sobriquet “Black Stalin,” died at the age of 81. #BlackStalin #LeroyCalliste