Abstract
There are an estimated 35,000 to 40,000 Roma, Ashkali and Egyptians (RAE) currently residing in independent Kosovo. Gjakove/Djakovica, Prizren, Ferizaj/Urosevac, Fushe Kosove/Kosovo Polje, Obiliq/Obilic, Mitrovica/Mitrovice, Peja/Pec and Gracanica host the largest communities, whilst about 100,000 live abroad.2
The present conversation was recorded in the office of the Roma and Ashkali Documentation Centre (RADC) in Pristina, Kosovo, 30 June 2008. The transcript was successively edited by the interviewer in cooperation with the interviewees.
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Sigona, N., (Dai) Mustafa, A., Salijevic, G. (2009). Being Roma Activists in Post-Independence Kosovo. In: Sigona, N., Trehan, N. (eds) Romani Politics in Contemporary Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230281165_10
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