A thousand years ago, a group of people who later became the Romani were driven out of northern India by an invading army. This group then took to traveling the world, adopting words, cultural customs, and religious beliefs from the people they encountered. Romani authors Hristo Kyuchukov and Ian Hancock explain why Gypsy is a scornful name and why they prefer to be called Romanies.

 

There are 48 pages in this book. This book was published 2005 by Boyds Mills Press .

"Ian Hancock is director of TheRomani Archives and Documentation Center at the University of Texas at Austin. He was Ambassador for the Romani people to the United Nations, and in 1998 was appointed by President Clinton as the sole Romani member of the United States Holocaust Memorial Council. " Hristo Kyuchukov is a leading figure in the advancement of human rights for Romani children. He teaches at the University of Veliko, Tarnovo, and lives in Sophia, Bulgaria. He is also the author of "My Name Was Hussein.