Herencia Hispana — Voices of Hispaniola
For Hispanic Heritage Month (September 30 – October 15, 2026), Lobey Art & Travel presents Herencia Hispana: a daily bilingual video series in which the historical figures of Hispaniola speak in the first person — Taíno caciques, African resistance leaders, and the men and women who shaped the island's first century.
Each short monologue was published in English and Spanish on Lobey's Facebook Page. Watch them there, and share them.
Watch the series on Facebook: Lobey Art & Travel
The Voices
Anacaona — Taíno cacica and poet of Jaragua
Caonabo — cacique of Maguana, first to resist by arms (the series' most-watched episode)
Hatuey — Taíno leader who carried the warning to Cuba
Guacanagaríx — cacique of Marién
Bohechío — cacique of Jaragua
Guarionex — cacique of Maguá
Cotubanamá — cacique of Higüey
Enriquillo — the cacique whose rebellion won the first peace treaty in the Americas
Sebastián Lemba — maroon leader of Hispaniola
María Olofa
Gonzalo Mandinga
Diego de Ocampo — maroon leader of the Bahoruco
Diego del Guzmán
Juan Vaquero
Juan Criollo
Fernando Montoro
Murcio
Bahoruco — the mountain stronghold and its people
Why This Series
Hispaniola is where the Americas changed forever — the first encounters, the first resistance, the first maroon communities. Herencia Hispana tells that history through the people who lived it, in the two languages the island speaks today. It is part of Lobey Art & Travel's ongoing work connecting the Caribbean's past to its living cultures — the same work behind our cultural travel to Cuba and the Festival del Caribe in Santiago de Cuba.