What is Martinique?
[[File:Martinique-Map.png|thumb|200px|A map of Martinique]] [[File:Flag-of-Martinique.svg|thumb|Flag of Martinique]] '''Martinique''' is an French [[island]] in the [[Caribbean Sea]]. It has an [[area]] of 1,128&nbsp;km². Nearly 400,000 people live there. Martinique was known by [[indigenous peoples]] of the Caribbean as Madiana or Madinina.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Cornevin|first=Robert|date=|title=Martinique|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Martinique|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905083544/https://www.britannica.com/place/Martinique|archive-date=2015-09-05|access-date=2020-11-08|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref> It was [[Colonization|colonized]] by the [[France|French]] in the [[17th century]], and they introduced [[Racism|racist]] [[slavery]] there as they spread it all around the world. France still claims to own the island today, even though there has been an [[independence]] movement. The [[capital city]] is [[Fort-de-France]]. Other towns include [[Sainte-Anne]] and [[St. Pierre]] (which was destroyed by a [[volcano]] named [[Mont Pelée]] in [[1902]] and killed 30,000 people). [[File:Martinique - manifestation 0 chrlordécone.webm|left|thumb|A [[protest]] in Martinique against [[poisoning]] by [[Pesticide|pesticides]]]] Martinique is well known for its [[zouk]] music. Artists such as [[Kassav']] have made it famous over the years.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chaville|first=Évelyne|date=2019-06-03|title=40th anniversary of Kassav': fans were satisfied in Guadeloupe and Martinique|url=http://www.kariculture.net/en/40th-anniversary-of-kassav-fans-were-satisfied-in-guadeloupe-and-martinique/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804212358/http://www.kariculture.net/en/40th-anniversary-of-kassav-fans-were-satisfied-in-guadeloupe-and-martinique/|archive-date=2019-08-04|access-date=2020-11-08|website=Kariculture|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Frantz Fanon]], an important anti-[[Colonialism|colonial]] [[revolutionary]], was born there. [[File:BlasonMartini