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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.

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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.

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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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