Afro-Dominicans (Dominican Republic)

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African diaspora community ethnic group

Afro-Dominicans (Dominican Republic) are Dominicans of predominantly African ancestry whose cultural, historical, and social contributions have significantly shaped the nation’s identity, music, religion, and traditions.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Afro-Dominicans (Dominica) 2
Afro-Dominican (Dominica) people 1
Afro-Dominicans in New York City 1

Statements (72)

Predicate Object
instanceOf African diaspora community ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
continentOfOrigin Africa ⓘ
country Dominican Republic ⓘ
cuisineContribution frituras (fried street foods) ⓘ
mangú ⓘ
moro de guandules ⓘ
sancocho ⓘ
culturalHeritage African-derived spiritual practices ⓘ
festivals honoring African and Afro-Creole spirits ⓘ
syncretic Catholic-Afro religious rituals ⓘ
culturalInfluence Dominican carnival traditions ⓘ
bachata music ⓘ
culinary traditions ⓘ
dance traditions ⓘ
gagá (Rara) processional music ⓘ
merengue music ⓘ
oral storytelling ⓘ
palos drumming ⓘ
religious brotherhoods (cofradías) ⓘ
salve religious songs ⓘ
demographicStatus large proportion of the Dominican population ⓘ
diasporaCommunity Afro-Dominicans (Dominican Republic) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Afro-Dominicans in New York City

Afro-Dominicans in Puerto Rico ⓘ
Afro-Dominicans (Dominican Republic) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Afro-Dominicans in Spain

Afro-Dominicans in the United States ⓘ
ethnicComposition African ⓘ
European ⓘ
Indigenous Taíno (in mixed-heritage individuals) ⓘ
fieldOfContribution dance ⓘ
literature ⓘ
music ⓘ
religion ⓘ
sports ⓘ
visual arts ⓘ
historicalOrigin enslaved Africans brought to Hispaniola during Spanish colonization ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfFormation 16th century ⓘ
17th century ⓘ
18th century ⓘ
historicalRole formation of maroon communities ⓘ
labor in sugar plantations ⓘ
participation in Dominican independence movements ⓘ
participation in anti-slavery struggles ⓘ
identityDiscourse debates over Black identity in the Dominican Republic ⓘ
tension between Hispanic and African heritage narratives ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
majorUrbanCenter La Romana ⓘ
Puerto Plata ⓘ
San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic ⓘ
surface form: San Pedro de Macorís

Santiago de los Caballeros ⓘ
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic ⓘ
surface form: Santo Domingo
primaryAncestry Sub-Saharan African peoples ⓘ
recognizedAs significant component of Dominican national identity ⓘ
relatedGroup Afro-Cubans ⓘ
Afro-Haitians ⓘ
Afro-Latin Americans ⓘ
surface form: Afro-Latinos

Puerto Ricans ⓘ
surface form: Afro-Puerto Ricans

Dominicans ⓘ
religion 21 Divisiones ⓘ
Afro-Caribbean folk religion ⓘ
Haitian Vodou ⓘ
surface form: Dominican Vodou

Protestantism ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
Santería ⓘ
surface form: Santería (in diaspora communities)

Cuban Espiritismo ⓘ
surface form: Spiritism
socialIssue colorism ⓘ
marginalization in media representation ⓘ
racial discrimination ⓘ
traditionalInstrument güira ⓘ
maracas ⓘ
palos drums ⓘ
tambora drum ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Afro-Dominicans (Dominican Republic) → diasporaCommunity → Afro-Dominicans (Dominican Republic) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afro-Dominicans in Spain
Afro-Dominicans (Dominican Republic) → diasporaCommunity → Afro-Dominicans (Dominican Republic) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afro-Dominicans in New York City
Afro-Caribbean people → hasSubgroup → Afro-Dominicans (Dominican Republic) ⓘ
Afro-Saint Kitts and Nevis people → relatedGroup → Afro-Dominicans (Dominican Republic) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afro-Dominican (Dominica) people
Afro-Vincentians → relatedGroup → Afro-Dominicans (Dominican Republic) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afro-Dominicans (Dominica)
Afro-Grenadians → relatedTo → Afro-Dominicans (Dominican Republic) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Afro-Dominicans (Dominica)