Founded in 1992 at The City College of New York, the Dominican Studies Institute of the City University of New York is the first and only university-based research institute in the United States devoted to the study of people of Dominican descent.
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La India Canela: Merengue Típico from the Dominican Republic
La India Canela: Merengue Típico from the Dominican Republic. Produced by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Washington, D.C., 2008. 55:00 minutes. [Booklet English/Spanish]
This 13-track CD features merengue típico music by Dominican accordion player, composer and singer Lidia María Hernández López popularly known as La India Canela.
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