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This lively music style, originally from Haiti, shaped popular dance music in both Portugal and Cape Verde after travelling with Caribbean and African diaspora communities. It is closely related to French Antillean zouk. Which style is it?
Compas (also called kompa or konpa) is a Haitian dance music genre developed in the 1950s by Nemours Jean-Baptiste. It travelled with Haitian and Cape Verdean diaspora communities to Portugal and beyond, evolving alongside zouk.