African Dominican - African Diaspora Queen

My mood whenever I hear merengue music playing 🎶🥰💃🏽. Merengue, the national dance (music) of the Dominican Republic 🇩🇴, is one of my favorite music and dances in the world. How can you not dance and move to the energy of this captivating music ✨️🕺🏿🔥💃🏽😍.

The Dominican Republic black history that is rarely talked about and never taught in DominicanRepublic schools.

Meet one of the heroes of Dominican Republic, the Honorable Sebastian Lemba, a slave from Congo 🇨🇩, Africa, who ended up in Dominican Republic during the brutal Transatlantic Slave Trade.

Sebastián Lemba, also known as Juan Sebastián Lemba Calembo. He was a prominent African maroon leader. He led a massive 15-year rebellion against Spanish colonial rule in Santo Domingo (modern-day Dominican Republic).

Let this history sink in: He led the first ever slave revolt in the Americas, from Dominican Republic. Dominican Republic is the first home of Africans in the whole of the Americas. He died in 1547/1548, in Dominican Republic.

His statue stands tall with pride in Santo Domingo, the capital city of Dominican Republic.

Please learn more and tell others about this amazing and brave African Dominican leader. May his soul continue to rest in peace. He was a true African Dominican (literally). Well done 🫡, son of the soil🙏🏽🫶🏽💪🏽🇩🇴🌍🇨🇩.

📍Video captured during the to Dominican Republic ✈️🇩🇴.

When an African goes to a Dominican party 🥳... This happens... 😊💃🏽✨️🥰.

Dancing merengue at a Dominican Party in the Bronx, New York City 🗽🇺🇸. Apparently, I was a real "African Dominican" in my previous life...🤣😅... The African Dominican ancestors brought me back as a FULL African to handle business... If you know, you know!... Just half kidding, I think... 😅🤔🤷🏾‍♀️....

Good vibes at Dominican Republic Independence Day Celebration 🔥🥳🇩🇴🌍!

Dominicans in New York City embracing their African roots and heritage, FULLY, as they honor the life of Enerolisa Nuñez ✝️🕊! I LOVE IT! 🥰🫶🏽.

Back story: On the morning of February 28th, 2026, I received the sad news of the passing away of Enerolisa Nuñez - a Dominican music legend, while I was in New York City, celebrating Dominican Republic's Independence Day (February 27th).

May her soul rest in peace 🙏🏽🫶🏽✝️! May many more Dominicans like her, rise up and continue her legacy of preserving their rich African roots and heritage in Dominican Republic and all over the world, and against all odds. The beautiful thing is that, more and more Dominicans are embracing, celebrating and cherishing their African roots and heritage, as evident in this video taken in New York City, at a Dominican Party on February 28, 2026, when they received the news for Enerolisa Nuñez passing away.

Palo, Los Congos, Salves etc., music and dance is not evil. It's Dominican in every sense of the word. To accept who you are fully is to HEAL and LOVE all of you.... Whoever told you that your African heritage, roots and ancestral celebrations were evil, LIED to you to keep you in bo***ge and to advance what's theirs.... Why is yours evil and theirs is not?.... Who did Africans colonize, "grape, delete" and wipe out of Dominican Republic?.... 🤔... Open your eyes, mind and educate yourself. Ignorance is no longer bliss in this day and age of advanced technology, online research and social media.... One Love ❤️ 🫶🏽.

FYI: I'm saying this as a Christian ✝️ who loves my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who was by the way born in Africa and grew up in the Middle East.

Learning and acceptance is all about using wisdom, understanding and knowing who you are and where to set boundaries.... You shall know them by their fruits. I look at the heart, vibes and energy of EVERYTHING, first, before I pass judgement because that's where reality and the truth is revealed... Be wise 💭💪🏽🙏🏽🫶🏽.

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It's with sadness that today, I received the passing of the Queen Enerolisa Nuñez. I interviewed her recently in Villa Mella in Dominican Republic 🇩🇴. I didn't know my interview with her will be the last interview with her. May her beautiful soul rest in peace. I thank God for the opportunity to meet with her and interview her during the to Dominican Republic. Go well Queen 👸🏾 ✨️ 🙏🏽.

Let's keep her work and memory alive. She is one of Dominican Republic's musical legends. Please watch my interviews of her on my YouTube channel and see reels on this page and at .

Dominican Republic culture is Black History. Interestingly, February is Black History Month and February is also Dominican Republic Independence month (February 27th). How cool is that?! 😎🤩🥰🥳.

As we get ready to celebrate Dominican Republic's Independence, with beautiful displays of Dominican culture, let's not forget that Dominican Culture is Black History. Love the culture; learn the history behind the culture 🌍🫶🏽🇩🇴✨️.

The BEAUTIFUL DOMINICAN song playing is:

🎶 Suero de amor 🥰
Singer 🎤: Kinito Mendez 🤩

When you finally meet your Dominican Hero 🤩💪🏽🇩🇴🌍🥰.

I had the pleasure of meeting one of the heroes of Dominican Republic, the Honorable Sebastian Lemba, a slave from Congo 🇨🇩, Africa, who ended up in Dominican Republic during the brutal Transatlantic Slave Trade.

Meet my guy 🥰, Sebastián Lemba, also known as Juan Sebastián Lemba Calembo. He was a prominent African maroon leader. He led a massive 15-year rebellion against Spanish colonial rule in Santo Domingo (modern-day Dominican Republic).

Let this history sink in: He led the first ever slave revolt in the Americas, from Dominican Republic. Dominican Republic is the first home of Africans in the whole of the Americas. He died in 1547/1548, in Dominican Republic.

His statue stands tall with pride in Santo Domingo, the capital city of Dominican Republic.

Please stay tuned for the vlog and reels about this amazing and brave African Dominican leader. May his soul continue to rest in peace. He was a true African Dominican (literally). Well done 🫡, son of the soil🙏🏽🫶🏽💪🏽🇩🇴🌍🇨🇩.

📍Video captured during the to Dominican Republic ✈️🇩🇴.

I love Palo / Los Congos music from the Dominican Republic 🇩🇴😍. Not knowing the lyrics or understanding the song does not matter because you feel the annointing of the song and it gives you those beautiful goosebumps that only real music with SOUL can give you 🥰✨️.

With that said, another episode of my interview with mama Enerolisa Nunez of Los Congos is now available for you to watch on YouTube. Enjoy the show and learn more about Dominican Republic's RICH African heritage 😍🔥. There are two more episodes of this Villa Mella y Enerolisa series. In total, 5 episodes. Watch them All and feel free to share. Knowledge is is power 💭💪🏽🤩.

Please see the link in my bio for my YouTube channel, currently at 62,000+ subscribers and growing... 🙏🏽🇩🇴🌍✨️

This interview took place during the to Dominican Republic ✈️🇩🇴. I can't wait for the next purposeful African Diaspora trip. Stay tuned for more... 🙏🏽

Let me reintroduce myself.... I'm Valentina - the street bachatera. I was introduced to Bachata in 1996 when I moved to the USA 🇺🇸 after living in London 🇬🇧 for some years. I first learned about the Dominican Republic and it's rich African heritage, evident through its music and dance, such as bachata, when I moved to Washington, DC, USA. I fell in love with the music and dance instantly.

I learned to dance bachata, in the streets of Washington, DC, by listening to the music, watching how it's danced and trying to dance it. Yes, I learned how to dance bachata by myself through observation and trial. The dance came instantly and naturally to me.

However, I did not learn how to dance bachata with fancy footwork decorations until November 2023 after my trip to Dominican Republic where I went to observe how people dance with footwork and then tried it out and practiced some more on my own when I got back home to Washington, DC.

August 2023 is when I became acquainted with the bachata studio world. My street bachata world and the bachata studio world met for the first time and I learned a lot and met many fellow bachata lovers 🕺🏽🇩🇴💃🏽✨️ during the bachata trip to Dominican Republic.

We all have different dance learning styles that work better and faster for us. Some of us learn better in the streets, by observation and trial, faking it until we make it.... I have never been taught how to dance bachata by anyone. We all learn differently. I prefer the natural, authentic, street bachata flow approach to learning any dance, where there are no dance rules, just you and the music authentically connecting as one, honoring the roots, the culture and the essence of the dance style (bachata). Bachata is one of my favorite dances in the world, although I can dance pretty much to any dance genre in the world because I LOVE music.

I love bachata because of its sensuality, and fun at the same time. I love the freedom to move how I want and feel. Bachata allows me the freedom to authentically be myself and more... 😊✨️💃🏽🥰.

Stay tuned for more...

Vibes 😊✨️💃🏽🔥🇩🇴🌎 - Moment captured while interviewing the legendary Enerolisa Nuñez - La Reina de la Salves (Los Congos, Palo) from Dominican Republic.

📍 ✈️ to Dominican Republic 🇩🇴, at Villa Mella, a neighborhood in Santo Domingo.

See the African Dominican YouTube link in bio to watch this interview and more related videos, about Dominican Republic's RICH African heritage that has influenced the Dominican culture that many from around the world love and enjoy.

Africa is the foundation of Dominican Republic's music and dance culture and it all started with this music that the slaves brought from Africa many years ago 🙏🏽💪🏽🫶🏽.