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Roma related resources available online

Educational and popular science materials online


http://rombase.uni-graz.at/, information on Romani culture, language and history in Europe.
Focused primarily on Central Europe.
http://romafacts.uni-graz.at/, Factsheets on the History, Culture, Language and Literature of
the Roma developed as materials to support the work of teachers working with Romani
children.

Books
http://www.uhpress.co.uk/subject-areas/romani-studies - the Romani books section of the
University of Hertfordshire Press, one of the primary publishers of books that combines
academic quality with easy-to-read concept
American Gypsy: A memoir by Oxana Marafioti (https://www.amazon.com/American-
Gypsy-Memoir-Oksana-Marafioti/dp/0374104077), a nice and easy to read book
We Are the Romani People by Ian Hancock (https://www.amazon.com/Are-Romani-People-
Ian-Hancock/dp/1902806190/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1506352554&sr=1-
1&keywords=ian+hancock) popular book about the Romani people
Roma: Past, present, future edited by Elena Marushiakova, Vesselin Popov and Hristo
Kyuchukov (https://www.amazon.com/Hristo-Marushiakova-Elena-Vesselin-
Kyuchukov/dp/3862887367/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1506352679&sr=1-
6&keywords=Elena+Marushiakova), a volume of article on Romani arts and culture

The Roads of the Roma: A PEN Anthology of Gypsy Writers, with very interesting
introduction by Ian Hancock (https://www.amazon.com/Roads-Roma-Anthology-Threatened-
Literature/dp/0900458909/ref=pd_rhf_se_6?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0900458909&pd_rd
_r=84W5A82S9Y04GDNAS31A&pd_rd_w=dFSf9&pd_rd_wg=5HMwa&psc=1&refRID=8
4W5A82S9Y04GDNAS31A).

Films
Features film classics that are based on knowledge of the Romani/Gypsy culture are
I Even Met Happy Gypsies, director Alexander Petrović
The Time of the Gypsies, director Emir Kosturica
The Tabor Goes to Heaven, director Emil Loteanu
Latcho drom, documentary by Tony Gatlif,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTuXveZStUo
Curse on the Gypsies, History Channel Documentary from the 1990's,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m65W680VkuE

Social networks´ groups and media that are active and can be followed
Online media and websites:
http://www.romea.cz/en/ (Czech Roma news agency publishing in English)
https://sverigesradio.se/sida/default.aspx?programid=2122 (The Romani program of the
Swedish national radio)
http://www.rommuz.cz/en/home/ (Romani culture museum in Brno)

Facebook:
Gypsy_Lore Society
ERIO European Roma Information Office
ERTF Trainee Cafe (European Rom and Traveller Forum at the Council of Europe)
Alliance for European Roma Institute

Twitter:

Roma Education Fund, @romaeducation

ERIO, @ERIO_EU

ERGO Network, @ERGO_Network

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