One of my favorites from Les Frères Déjean, "Nayide" might be influenced by "Tumbele Wai Se Éma" by Les Rapaces, a French Antillean kadans band. It could just be a coincidence that the chorus melodies are so remarkably similar, or, more likely, Les Rapaces influenced Les Frères Déjean. I would not be so surprised given the long musical exchange between various bands in the Creole-speaking Caribbean and the popularity of kompa/kadans in Guadeloupe, Martinique, Dominica and beyond.
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