Book – rroma.org https://rroma.org Sat, 13 Jun 2026 15:03:12 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://rroma.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-greenwheel_large-1-32x32.png Book – rroma.org https://rroma.org 32 32 Roma and Romanians https://rroma.org/roma-and-romanians/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roma-and-romanians Sat, 13 Jun 2026 15:03:12 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=32936 Lucian Dan Teodorovici’s novel “Pe unde înoată urechinii” explores the complex and often avoided theme of racism, particularly the problematic coexistence between ethnic Romanians and Roma in a rural community during the 1980s. The story is narrated through the eyes of an eight-year-old boy who witnesses a tragic event involving the accidental death of a Romanian child, leading to a cover-up by the local community, highlighting themes of truth, perception, and societal division. The novel presents a nuanced portrayal of childhood innocence and the harsh realities of social hierarchies, ultimately revealing the darker aspects of human nature, such as indifference and moral relativism.

]]> Germany: Rukeli Trollmann https://rroma.org/germany-rukeli-trollmann/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=germany-rukeli-trollmann Sun, 15 Feb 2026 15:55:34 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=31473 A new graphic Novel based on the life of the Sinto boxer Rukeli Trollmann, who perished in a concentration camp has just been published in Germany.

]]> A Book on Genocide https://rroma.org/a-book-on-genocide/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-book-on-genocide Mon, 09 Feb 2026 16:01:21 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=31399 Denied Memories. Roma and Sinti during the Second World War is the title of the meeting promoted by the Lav Romanò association, scheduled for Wednesday, February 11th at 6:00 PM at the Ubik bookshop in Cosenza.

A commemorative event dedicated to a chapter of history that has long remained marginalized in official history. The Nazi genocide of Roma and Sinti, deported to extermination camps, and the internment they suffered in Italy at the hands of the fascist state, remain rarely reported events.

]]> Roma Resistance https://rroma.org/roma-resistance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roma-resistance Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:28:36 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=31079 The Historical Institute of the Resistance and the Contemporary Age of Forlì-Cesena, in collaboration with the Municipality of Forlì, is organizing the presentation of the book “Vittoriosi al fin liberi siam. Roma e Sinti nella Resistenza italiana” by Chiara Nencioni, on Tuesday, January 13, in the Sala Randi, Forlì Municipality. Ines Briganti will be present at the event, alongside the author.

]]> Roma in Spain https://rroma.org/roma-in-spain-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=roma-in-spain-2 Sun, 04 Jan 2026 12:42:05 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=30979 The book “Pueblo Gitano. 600 años de historia y cultura en España” [The Gitanos People: 600 Years of History and Culture in Spain] coordinated by Gonzalo Montaño, Joan M. Oleaque, and Arnau Vilaró, dismantles six centuries of silence, prejudice, and official narratives about Roma history.

Too bad they used the Gitanos name and not the endonym, “Cale”.

]]> Award https://rroma.org/award-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=award-2 Sat, 08 Nov 2025 16:13:17 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=30383 Elena Marushiakova and Veselin Popov have received the award from the Gypsy Lore Society for the best book in 2024 on Romani Studies. The book reflects on Soviet repression against Roma under Stalin.

]]> Romani Literature in Croatia https://rroma.org/romani-literature-in-croatia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=romani-literature-in-croatia Wed, 08 Oct 2025 14:59:21 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=30087 Romani literature is not small, it is just not taken seriously enough, said author Ruždija Russo Sejdović in an interview at the opening of the Review of Small Literature on Tuesday in Booksa, Croatia, this year dedicated to Romani literature in Europe.

]]> New Book https://rroma.org/new-book-5/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-book-5 Tue, 16 Sep 2025 13:57:07 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=29835 A presentation of a new books about the Roma community “The Politics of Unbelonging” by authors Andreja Zevnik and Andrew Russell is being presented in the Provincial and Study Library of Murska Sobota, Slovenia.

The book shows, using examples from Slovenia and the EU, how national and European policies in practice consolidate the marginal status of Roma. Although Roma are constitutionally recognized in Slovenia, they lack actual political power for co-determination, which places them in a position of semi-inclusion. Media discourses and ineffective policies, often adopted without the participation of the Roma community, only exacerbate this situation.

]]> Michal Šamko https://rroma.org/michal-samko/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=michal-samko Fri, 15 Aug 2025 13:25:14 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=29417 The Romano writer Michal Šamko did not have an easy childhood. His parents and siblings came from Svidník in Northeastern Slovakia, but he was born in Jičín, Czech Republic. “Gypsy filth,” they shouted at him in elementary school, where he was the only Rom among 23 children in their class. The biggest punishment for his classmates was to be made to sit next to him. Michal Šamko was determined to achieve something in life, and in the end he succeeded.

]]> Book on Roma https://rroma.org/book-on-roma/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=book-on-roma Fri, 18 Jul 2025 12:50:12 +0000 https://rroma.org/?p=29060 Another one of those. A book on Roma with all stereotypes mixed together.

Bad.

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