Kiba Lumberg

Kiba Lumberg, real name Kirsti Leila Annikki Lumberg (born May 27, 1956), is a Finnish artist and author of Finnish Kale descent. She is known as a critic of the traditional Roma culture.

Lumberg was born in Lappeenranta. She ran away from her family in the age of 13 because of fear, violence and subjugation. Many of her works are inspired by her childhood experience.[1] Lumberg gained nationwide publicity in 1997 when a television mini-series of the traditional Kale life, based on her screenplay, titled Tumma ja hehkuva veri, was shown on television. In 2007 Lumberg received death threats after criticizing the Romani culture on television.[2]

Lumberg was candidate for the Left Alliance in Finnish Parliament elections in 2007[3] and in 2009 to European Parliament.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ylioppilaslehti.fi/1997/121297/kiba.html
  2. ↑ http://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/artikkeli/Kiba+Lumberg+teki+rikosilmoituksen+Ylen+kirjeest%C3%A4/1135229165499
  3. ↑ http://www.yle.fi/vaalit2007/vp01/ehdokkaat.htm
  4. ↑ http://yle.fi/vaalit/tulospalvelu/index.html
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