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CALYPSO CAPERS – By Des Kelly      It goes back to the 17th Century. Calypso Capers originated in Trinidad, back in the days of Slave Traders who pushed their slaves to the extreme, the only relief being that, wherever possible, these African slaves used to sing as they worked their fingers to the bone, songs with this Afro-latin beat that later became known as Calypso. This was the only way in which the slaves were able to mock their masters in a way that their bosses could not understand.  Much later, the famous Harry Belafonte’ recorded a typical Calypso hit called The banana-boat song, in 4/4 time with Latin syncopation, and later still, Calypso/Baila Music came to Ceylon via the Portuguese (also calling it Kafferinga) music, and because we did not boast a Belafonte’, nor even a Harry Belafonseka, people such as Wally Bastiensz and Priya Pieris took over to ...