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Kaiso is a type of music popular in Trinidad and other islands of the Caribbean such as Grenada Barbados St. Lucia and Dominica which originated in West Africa and later evolved into calypso music.Kaiso music has its origins in West Africa (particularly in present day Nigeria) and in the Kingdom of Kongo and was brought over by the slaves who (in the early history of the art form) used it to sing about their masters.