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3 unusual facts about Music of the Lesser Antilles


Music of the Lesser Antilles

University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad.

The music of the Lesser Antilles encompasses the music of this chain of small islands making up the eastern and southern portion of the West Indies.

Lesser Antillean music is part of the broader category of Caribbean music; much of the folk and popular music is also a part of the Afro-American musical complex, being a mixture of African, European and indigenous American elements.



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