Compas is the basic music of many countries in the Caribbean such as the French Antilles of Martinique & Guadeloupe, Dominica, etc. known in French Guyana and many African Countries, compas is also the basic music of Cabo Verde. Whether it is known strangely as zouk where French Antilles artists have taken it or compas in places where Haitian artists have toured, the truth is that this light meringue is very influential in the Caribbean, Africa, Cape Verde, France, part of Canada, south and North America.