Being Roma: Impressions of the Book “Cenotaph for the Murdered Roma from Tešanj” by Amir Brka Cover Image

Being Roma: Impressions of the Book “Cenotaph for the Murdered Roma from Tešanj” by Amir Brka
Being Roma: Impressions of the Book “Cenotaph for the Murdered Roma from Tešanj” by Amir Brka

Author(s): Hajrudin Somun
Subject(s): Review, Local History / Microhistory, Bosnian Literature, Studies in violence and power, WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Wittenberg University - Sociology Department
Keywords: Amir Brka; Roma minorities; Tešanj; World War II;

Summary/Abstract: In April 2022, which today slips away from the being, but not the memory of the human individual, there were several dates of all three monotheistic faiths that rarely occur in exactly one month. Although in Bosnia and Herzegovina, it could be like that every month due to its religious interwinement that is forcibly unraveled by the butchers of Balkan nationalisms. One date is the eighth of April, which the United Nations declared Roma Day, who wander around the world, religions and languages, but also unconsciously preserving something of the civilization from their ancestral homeland of India.

  • Issue Year: 18/2023
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 1-3
  • Page Count: 3
  • Language: English