E-Book – Carmen Gheorghe & Aldessa Georgiana Lincan – Women Who Summon the Rain

Edited by Carmen Gheorghe and Aldessa Georgiana Lincan, the volume Women Who Summon the Rain (published by frACTalia) gathers ten evocative texts penned by Roma women from diverse backgrounds and generations. Together, they speak of life and labor, family and discrimination, resistance, and the sheer joy of existing within a world that is, all too often, oppressive. This volume represents far more than a mere collection of personal histories; it is a profound act of resistance—a reclamation of one’s own voice and history, narrated through a feminist and decolonial lens. Furthermore, this endeavor stands as a courageous political act of recovering memory and restoring dignity. These stories serve as a powerful reminder that Roma women are more than just cold statistics or footnotes in reports and research conducted by outsiders. Roma women are resilient, they are vulnerable, they are creative and industrious; they are survivors. They exist in a thousand and one complex, wondrous ways.