Sani Rifati
Sani Rifati is a human rights activist and the President of Voice of Roma. A native Roma himself, he was born in Pristina, Yugoslavia (in present-day Kosovo[a]), and now resides in California, United States.
A dancer and choreographer, he was a member of the dance group Kheljen Roma, and is a cousin of the Macedonian Gypsy vocalist and dancer Esma Redzhepova.
He appeared on the History Channels programme Curse on the Gypsies.
Notes and references
Notes:
| a. | ^ Kosovo is the subject of a territorial dispute between the Republic of Kosovo and the Republic of Serbia. The Republic of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence on 17 February 2008, but Serbia continues to claim it as part of its own sovereign territory. The two governments began to normalise relations in 2013, as part of the Brussels Agreement. Kosovo has received recognition as an independent state from 110 out of 193 United Nations member states. |
References:
- http://www.counterpunch.org/rifati1015.html
- http://plantpath.wisc.edu/~tdd/Sanis%20dance%20bio.htm
- http://www.blacksheepbellydance.com/writings/files/rom.html
- http://www.scn.org/roma/fall_2000_report.html
- http://www.dubmc.com/dubmc/2006/09/working_in_amer.html
- http://www.b-info.com/places/Bulgaria/news/98-04/apr08.voa
- http://www.myspace.com/romanilv
- http://www.swans.com/library/art6/mmw006.html
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