Music of Anguilla

The music of Anguilla is part of the Lesser Antillean music area. The earliest people on the island were the Kalinago and Arawakan-speaking people, who arrived from South America. English settlers from St Kitts and Irish people colonized the island later. Unlike regional neighbors, however, the plantation system of agriculture which relied on chattel slavery never took root in Anguilla, causing a distinctly independent cultural makeup.