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'King of Calypso' who used music to end injustices
In this file photo taken on September 24, 1988, US singer and civil rights activist Harry Belafonte performs in Paris. Harry Belafonte died on April 25, 2023, aged 96. FILE PHOTO | AFP
“Day-o, Day-o. Daylight come and me wanna go home”: The Banana Boat Song (Jamaican folk song)
A cry of poor dock workers after a night shift loading bananas onto ships, became a civil rights anthem after it was recorded as a calypso song by American singer, actor and activist Harry Belafonte in 1956.
