Ligue de Martinique d'Athlétisme Ligue de Martinique d'Athlétisme The Ligue de Martinique d'Athlétisme (LMA) is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Martinique. The current president is Max Morinière. He was elected for the first time in November 2010, and re-elected in October 2012. As LMA is part of the Fédération française d'athlétisme, athletes from Martinique normally participate internationally for France, for example, in the European Athletics Championships as organized by the EAA. On the other hand, Martinique as a French overseas department is part of the Caribbean. As an observer member of CACAC, Martinique is invited to participate at the championships,
Culture of Martinique to be one of the most influential figure in the development of the bouyon genre. Bouyon as popularized largely by the WCK band blends in jing ping, cadence-lypso, and traditional dances namely bèlè, quadrille, chanté mas and lapo kabwit, mazurka, zouk and other styles of caribbean music. From a language perspective, Bouyon draws on English and Kwéyòl. Bouyon music is popular across the Caribbean, and is known as "bouyon gwada" or jump up music in Guadeloupe and Martinique. A popular offshoot within the bouyon gwada is call "bouyon hardcore", a style characterized by its lewd and violent lyrics. This musical