Lynn Hutchinson Lee's ORIGINS OF DESIRE IN ORCHID FENS is finally up on Netgalley. Grab a copy of this dreamy, eerie, and poignant Canadian debut before the end of the month. It already has its first 5-star review!
I just found out about Katarina Taikon and I am appalled I can't find any of her writing in English or Hungarian. She sounds like the kind of author who should be widely read.
Part II - She feared her #painting would bring about her demise, but instead her talent caught the attention of SS Dr Josef Mengele. Dina was asked by Mengele to create #portraits of #Romani prisoners, thinking that her #paintings would better portray skin color differences than a photo could. She agreed under the condition that her mother remain in the camp with her. Her bravery would save both the women's lives.
À l’instar des bases de données et des livres mémorials du Mémorial de Shoah ou de la Fondation pour la mémoire de la déportation, le site internet NOMadeS a pour mission de nommer les victimes françaises de la persécution et du génocide des collectifs #romani et #voyageurs, #camp par camp pour l’internement, département par département pour l’assignation à résidence.
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Back in February I had a great eye opener conversation with Prof. Aidan McGarry about #Roma communities, contemporary social inequalities, and what we can do to reach out beyond the academy. The most recent podcast from our #Diversifying and #Decolonising the University group https://pca.st/jniebtns
#Decolonise #Decolonize #GRT #Romani
El caló catalán, el castellano o el erromintxela empotran su lexemas romanós en la gramática española correspondiente. Así:
Dikhel - diquelar
Kamel - camelar
Mol - molar
Xal - jalar
Tŵt cyntaf, ail fersiwn - #introduction 2.0.
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Ieithgi, siaradwr #cymraeg ail-law (rhy hen i fod yn un newydd). Learning #gaidhlig on Duolingo. Interested in minority languages and historical/comparative #linguistics. Former mediaevalist, speak French, Catalan, some Greek, smatterings of other languages living & dead. Want to learn more #romani. Teach maths, interested in #physics & other sciences. Dad of 2. Loathe Brexit & Tories.