{"id":80472,"date":"2026-10-01T14:00:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-01T18:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/?p=80472"},"modified":"2026-10-01T14:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T18:00:26","slug":"mighty-sparrow-grand-roy-port-of-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/fr\/mighty-sparrow-grand-roy-port-of-spain\/","title":{"rendered":"Mighty Sparrow, de Grand Roy \u00e0 Port of Spain, 91 ans de calypso"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"80472\" class=\"elementor elementor-80472\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c2734e9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c2734e9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d92e27e\" data-id=\"d92e27e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fcbbf0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3fcbbf0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>N\u00e9 \u00e0 Grenade en 1935, arriv\u00e9 tout petit \u00e0 Trinit\u00e9 et mort \u00e0 New York le 27 septembre 2026, Mighty Sparrow laisse huit couronnes de Calypso Monarch et huit victoires au Road March. Il laisse aussi des chansons qui tendaient un miroir \u00e0 la vie ordinaire.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-096bacc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"096bacc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>En 1956, les tribunes de la finale du Calypso King se mettent \u00e0 gronder d\u00e8s le premier couplet. C&#8217;est du moins ainsi que Mighty Sparrow l&#8217;a racont\u00e9, des ann\u00e9es plus tard, \u00e0 propos de \u00ab Jean and Dinah \u00bb. Le jeune chanteur a une vingtaine d&#8217;ann\u00e9es. Sa chanson parle du d\u00e9part des militaires am\u00e9ricains de Trinit\u00e9 et de ses cons\u00e9quences pour les femmes install\u00e9es autour de la base de Chaguaramas. Elle lui rapporte deux titres la m\u00eame ann\u00e9e, le Calypso King et le Road March, mais seulement 40 dollars.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c7600d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4c7600d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ce maigre gain inspire sa chanson suivante, \u00ab Carnival Boycott \u00bb, une protestation contre la faible r\u00e9mun\u00e9ration des calypsoniens. D\u00e8s ses d\u00e9buts, Mighty Sparrow r\u00e9clame donc une juste paie pour ceux qui font de la chanson un m\u00e9tier. Il boycottera lui-m\u00eame les concours du Carnival pendant trois ans. \u00ab Jean and Dinah \u00bb sera plus tard reprise par Harry Belafonte et Robert Mitchum.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-9cc3ec2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9cc3ec2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-24859a8\" data-id=\"24859a8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10827ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"10827ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"668\" src=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-3-1024x855.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-80485\" alt=\"Photo d\u2019archive en noir et blanc de Mighty Sparrow chantant au micro devant un public\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-3-1024x855.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-3-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-3-768x641.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-3.jpg 1169w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Mighty Sparrow devant son public, photo d\u2019archive \u00a9 @themightysparrow_sf \/ Instagram<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cd2bbe1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cd2bbe1\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a3fa292\" data-id=\"a3fa292\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ec6cfc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4ec6cfc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">De Grand Roy \u00e0 Laventille<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-668b041 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"668b041\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Slinger Francisco na\u00eet le 9 juillet 1935 \u00e0 Grand Roy, dans la paroisse de St John, \u00e0 Grenade. Il est encore un tout petit enfant, vers 1937, quand sa famille s&#8217;installe \u00e0 Trinit\u00e9, o\u00f9 son p\u00e8re, charpentier, a trouv\u00e9 du travail. Il grandit \u00e0 Laventille, pr\u00e8s de Port of Spain. \u00c0 l&#8217;\u00e9cole, il chante dans une chorale. \u00c0 14 ans, il rejoint un steel band, ces orchestres de percussions sur f\u00fbts d&#8217;acier qui font vibrer le Carnival. Ses prestations tr\u00e8s \u00e9nergiques lui valent un premier nom de sc\u00e8ne, Little Sparrow, que l&#8217;on transformera ensuite en Mighty Sparrow.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-95dec88 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"95dec88\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-551baac\" data-id=\"551baac\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-531d402 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"531d402\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-4-1024x921.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-80489\" alt=\"Photo d\u2019archive en noir et blanc : une foule rassembl\u00e9e autour d\u2019une guitare, un jeune homme couronn\u00e9 au centre\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-4-1024x921.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-4-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-4-768x691.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-4-1320x1187.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-4.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Photo d\u2019archive, foule autour d\u2019une guitare \u00a9 @themightysparrow_sf \/ Instagram<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c675e13 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c675e13\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d0c8d4\" data-id=\"3d0c8d4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a5d77c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5a5d77c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mighty Sparrow, huit couronnes et un public mondial<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2860f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a2860f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mighty Sparrow a remport\u00e9 huit fois le titre de Calypso Monarch et huit fois le Road March, la chanson la plus jou\u00e9e par les orchestres de rue pendant le Carnival. Ses Road March sont devenus des classiques, de \u00ab Jean and Dinah \u00bb en 1956 \u00e0 \u00ab Pay As You Earn \u00bb en 1958, \u00ab Mae Mae \u00bb en 1960, \u00ab Obeah Wedding \u00bb en 1966, \u00ab Sa Sa Yea \u00bb en 1969, \u00ab Drunk and Disorderly \u00bb en 1972 et \u00ab Doh Back Back \u00bb en 1984. Il a aussi gagn\u00e9 deux fois le Calypso King of Kings.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f3a853 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f3a853\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>La carri\u00e8re de <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mightysparrow.com\/the-mighty-sparrow-biography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Mighty Sparrow<\/a> s&#8217;\u00e9tend sur plus de sept d\u00e9cennies, avec plus de 500 compositions. En 1969, avec Byron Lee, il enregistre \u00ab Only A Fool Breaks His Own Heart \u00bb. Il tourne ensuite aux \u00c9tats-Unis, du Madison Square Garden au Lincoln Center, jusqu&#8217;\u00e0 plus de 80 ans. En 1990, il se produit pour Nelson Mandela au Yankee Stadium.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-972474e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"972474e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7be10fa\" data-id=\"7be10fa\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c22dc8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c22dc8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"792\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-5.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-80493\" alt=\"Photo d\u2019archive en noir et blanc de Mighty Sparrow coiff\u00e9 d\u2019un chapeau, devant un autobus\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-5.jpg 792w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-5-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-5-768x520.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Mighty Sparrow coiff\u00e9 d\u2019un chapeau, photo d\u2019archive \u00a9 @themightysparrow_sf \/ Instagram<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3aac0bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3aac0bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Les honneurs suivent. L&#8217;Universit\u00e9 des Indes occidentales lui d\u00e9cerne un doctorat honoris causa en 1987. Trinit\u00e9-et-Tobago lui remet la Chaconia Medal d&#8217;or en 1993, puis l&#8217;Ordre de la R\u00e9publique en 2014. Il est aussi nomm\u00e9 Officier de l&#8217;Ordre de l&#8217;Empire britannique. Mighty Sparrow a enregistr\u00e9 en yoruba, en cr\u00e9ole, en fran\u00e7ais, en espagnol et en n\u00e9erlandais. Il a re\u00e7u au Nigeria le titre honorifique yoruba de Chief Omo Wale of Ikoyi. Bob Dylan, dans le livret de son coffret Biograph en 1985, a \u00e9crit que Mighty Sparrow \u00e9tait, et restait probablement, le roi.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95ae5a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"95ae5a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"796\" src=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-6-1024x1019.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-80497\" alt=\"Pochette de l\u2019album Sweeter Than Ever : Sparrow, casque sur les oreilles, devant un micro de studio\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-6-1024x1019.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-6-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-6-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-6-768x764.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-6.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Pochette de l\u2019album \u00ab Sweeter Than Ever \u00bb de Sparrow \u00a9 @themightysparrow_sf \/ Instagram<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-585a172 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"585a172\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5751683\" data-id=\"5751683\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-511fe72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"511fe72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Une voix pour la vie ordinaire<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90a0f52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"90a0f52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ses chansons parlent d&#8217;amour et de rivalit\u00e9s, de politique et de superstitions, d&#8217;argent et de morale. Leurs titres vont de \u00ab Mr. Walker \u00bb \u00e0 \u00ab Capitalism Gone Mad \u00bb, en 1983. Pour la pr\u00e9sidente de Trinit\u00e9-et-Tobago, Christine Kangaloo, il a donn\u00e9 pendant plus de sept d\u00e9cennies une m\u00e9lodie et des mots \u00e0 \u00ab nos joies, nos contradictions, notre humour et notre conscience \u00bb. Tout n&#8217;a pas fait consensus. \u00ab Congo Man \u00bb, sortie en 1965, a \u00e9t\u00e9 critiqu\u00e9e pour ses propos sur les femmes et sur les Africains, puis longtemps interdite de diffusion. Cette ombre fait partie de son histoire, comme sa libert\u00e9 de ton.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-ca8fe3d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ca8fe3d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d05f000\" data-id=\"d05f000\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c707121 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c707121\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"953\" src=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-7-860x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-80501\" alt=\"Portrait de studio en noir et blanc de Mighty Sparrow, souriant, chemise blanche ouverte\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-7-860x1024.jpg 860w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-7-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-7-768x914.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-7-1290x1536.jpg 1290w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-7-1320x1571.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-7.jpg 1393w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Portrait de Mighty Sparrow en noir et blanc \u00a9 @themightysparrow_sf \/ Instagram<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d135a83 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d135a83\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-98be5a0\" data-id=\"98be5a0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1b36ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a1b36ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Un adieu pr\u00e9par\u00e9 par l'\u00c9tat<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e262109 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e262109\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mighty Sparrow est mort le 27 septembre 2026 \u00e0 New York, \u00e0 91 ans, apr\u00e8s une br\u00e8ve maladie, a indiqu\u00e9 sa famille. Elle rappelle qu&#8217;il \u00e9tait aussi un mari, un p\u00e8re, un grand-p\u00e8re et un arri\u00e8re-grand-p\u00e8re. Trinit\u00e9-et-Tobago lui pr\u00e9pare des fun\u00e9railles assist\u00e9es par l&#8217;\u00c9tat, annonc\u00e9es le 30 septembre par la ministre de la Culture, Michelle Benjamin. La date n&#8217;est pas fix\u00e9e. Des livres de condol\u00e9ances sont ouverts du 1er au 14 octobre, et le Calypso History Month, qui commence le 1er octobre, sera observ\u00e9 \u00e0 sa m\u00e9moire.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0ef3fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b0ef3fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>La ministre r\u00e9sume l&#8217;artiste en deux id\u00e9es. Il chantait la v\u00e9rit\u00e9 quand d&#8217;autres se taisaient, a-t-elle dit, et ses chansons permettaient aux gens ordinaires de reconna\u00eetre leur propre vie. Le Premier ministre grenadien, Dickon Mitchell, a trouv\u00e9 la formule qui r\u00e9unit ses deux \u00eeles. \u00ab La Grenade lui a donn\u00e9 sa naissance. Trinit\u00e9-et-Tobago a nourri son talent. \u00bb<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-997ecd4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"997ecd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Reste \u00e0 savoir o\u00f9 et quand le pays lui dira adieu. Les livres de condol\u00e9ances sont ouverts et le mois du <a href=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/fr\/caribbean-music-awards-2026-quatre-artistes\/\">calypso<\/a> a commenc\u00e9. Il suffit peut-\u00eatre de r\u00e9\u00e9couter \u00ab Jean and Dinah \u00bb pour entendre ce que Trinit\u00e9 a reconnu en lui d\u00e8s 1956.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-251c2ab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"251c2ab\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-83d3d7d\" data-id=\"83d3d7d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6e3d25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b6e3d25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"887\" src=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-9.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-80509\" alt=\"Mighty Sparrow chantant au micro lors d\u2019un concert, veste marron et chemise sombre\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-9.jpg 801w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-9-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-9-768x851.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Mighty Sparrow en concert \u00a9 @themightysparrow_sf \/ Instagram<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d1d28e5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d1d28e5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f58e15\" data-id=\"4f58e15\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3680da9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3680da9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Questions fr\u00e9quentes sur Mighty Sparrow<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95196e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"95196e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1561\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1561\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Qui \u00e9tait Mighty Sparrow ?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1561\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1561\"><p>Mighty Sparrow, de son vrai nom Slinger Francisco, \u00e9tait un calypsonien n\u00e9 \u00e0 Grenade et \u00e9lev\u00e9 \u00e0 Trinit\u00e9. Il est mort le 27 septembre 2026 \u00e0 New York, \u00e0 91 ans, apr\u00e8s huit titres de Calypso Monarch et huit Road March.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1562\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1562\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">O\u00f9 est n\u00e9 Mighty Sparrow ?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1562\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1562\"><p>Il est n\u00e9 le 9 juillet 1935 \u00e0 Grand Roy, dans la paroisse de St John, \u00e0 Grenade. Il est arriv\u00e9 tout petit \u00e0 Trinit\u00e9, o\u00f9 son p\u00e8re, charpentier, avait trouv\u00e9 du travail.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1563\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1563\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Quand auront lieu les fun\u00e9railles de Mighty Sparrow ?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1563\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1563\"><p>La date n&#8217;est pas fix\u00e9e. 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En 1956, les tribunes de la finale du Calypso [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":80473,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[835],"tags":[1643,1656],"class_list":["post-80472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-musique-fr","tag-grenade","tag-trinite-et-tobago-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/richeskarayib.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}