Like other early calypsonians such as Richard Coeur de Leon (Norman Le Blanc) and Iron Duke (Julian Whiterose), Christopher Howell took his calypso name from a famous English military commander, namely Edward the Black Prince (1330-1376).
[1] This led to “the competition becoming quite fierce in Port of Spain”, so the leading calypsonians began to “scatter” from the capital, says Executor, with Black Prince moving to Tunapuna, the town where Marxist historian C.L.R.
[2] During that carnival season, Black Prince sang in a calypso tent on Henry Street alongside fellow calypsonians Executor, King Radio, Lord Beginner, Railway Douglas (aka.
It tells the story of 7 reckless but lucky Trinidadian schoolboys who rowed a fishing boat out to sea to look at the French cruise ship Normandie as it sailed past the island of Trinidad – the tide carried the boys to Venezuela where they were rescued.
[3] "At Any Moment War May Declare" calls for an immediate end to appeasement: "Should the powers fail to stop Germany right now; The Balkan states like the others will have to bow; Italy is also out seeking expansion; Undoubtedly Japan has the said ambition".