The Caribbean music and dance form of Bélé has roots in Benin fertility and mating festivals, brought over by enslaved Africans. On which volcanic French overseas territory, whose capital is Fort-de-France and which shares the Windward Islands with Saint Lucia and Dominica, is Bélé a legacy of the slave music tradition?

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Martinique. Martinique, a volcanic French overseas department with Fort-de-France as its capital, is home to the Bele tradition as a legacy of slave music. The dance has its roots in fertility and mating festivals of Benin, brought across the Atlantic by enslaved Africans.