Akekoi: A Romani Memoir

By Frances Roberts Reilly

This memoir consists of twelve chapters in which the author intertwines her personal and family story with ancestral stories from the Romany diaspora, a global dispersal motivated by relentless persecution of Romany people, including documented attempts by the British and Scottish governments to "eradicate the species" via genocide, in addition to five hundred years of forced cultural assimilation and inequalities that are being enacted in the present day. Akekoi means "Here She Is" in Welsh Kale Roma. When early work on Akekoi was presented at the Tartan Turban Reading Series in 2021 Gavin Barrett, the co-curator of the series, noted that "Roma work and voices are in short supply in the west, and we need to make more space for these stories."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1778491286
• ISBN13: 9781778491283
• Release Date: March 2027
• Publisher: MiroLand
• Length: 200 Pages