Mamajuana' was 2001 Best Dominican New Artist, nominated to 2002 Premios Lo Nuestro Univision for Best Tropical Group and Pre-nominated to 2004 Grammy awards. <br /><br />Of the musical genre of merengue and Latin pop, Mamajuana is one of the most innovative, attractive and exciting Dominican bands of our time. The idea is conceived by Eddi Gonzalez, director and leader of the group, who, with his creativity and composing style, is able to arrange and produce merengue in order to open new frontiers for this classical Caribbean genre to the entire world. More than a merengue band, Mamajuana is a musical concept that transports us to ethnic legacy. Mamajuana is a song to our ancestors with a mixture of funny, contemporary, romantic and sensual lyrics. <br />Mamajuana combines a variety of hypnotic rhythms brought from the rich and diverse "Afro-Caribbean" culture that exists in the Dominican Republic. <br />