Justice of Appeal Gillian Lucky wants the future generations to know and learn about the legacy of the great Dr Leroy Calliste, better known as Black Stalin.
During a passionate tribute at his funeral yesterday at the Southern Academy for the Performing Arts (SAPA) in San Fernando, Lucky called for Stalin’s work to be preserved and passed on.
She said: “In order to pay true homage to Black Stalin, I respectfully suggest that reference to his compositions be made part of the curriculum in our nation’s schools. We need the generations to understand what our heritage is and that is why I again say that we have many great people amongst us, alive and dead, Black Stalin is one of them and the way we give them a true legacy, where generations come will remember the name Black Stalin, and generations will aspire to achieve the laudable goals that Black Stalin so expressly detailed in his calypsoes.”
Lucky added: “Black Stalin mastered the art of making his listeners a part of him, so naturally his messages resonated with all of us.”
(photo courtesy GML)
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