Download or read book Reconstructing Racial Identity and the African Past in the Dominican Republic written by Kimberly Eison Simmons and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the socio-cultural shifts in the Dominican Republic's racial categories, concluding that Dominicans are slowly embracing blackness and ideas of African ancestry as they unbury the African past.