Dik Manusch

''Dik Manusch - DIKKO'' (Romani: ''See the Person'', ''Se människan'' - ''titta se'' translated to Swedish) was a street newspaper published in northern Sweden. First published in early 2015 and focused on the Västerbotten province, the newspaper aimed to help homeless European Union migrants – who are primarily Romani people from the Balkans, especially Romania – to support themselves by providing an alternative to begging on the streets. Distributed for free to the migrants, each newspaper was sold for 50 Swedish krona, the profits going entirely to the seller. A second purpose was to create a debate in Swedish society about the conditions faced by these people.

Preparations for the newspaper began in 2014, on suggestion from Ilile Dumitru, who had seen ''Situation Sthlm'' being sold by the homeless of Stockholm. The newspaper was created by the association SAMS, a coalition of several different organizations and churches in Skellefteå. The first issue – numbering 5,000 – was printed by ''Norran'', and featured content created by various writers on a non-profit basis. It was distributed in Skellefteå. The second issue, with 15,000 prints, was likewise printed by ''Norran'' and financed by volunteer donations. To support the newspaper an association called the ''Dik Manusch Vänner'' (''Friends of Dik Manusch'' in English) was formed.

In the beginning of 2017, the editorial staff came to the conclusion that they no longer got enough content sent in to be able to publish an issue. A few months later it was decided to disband the association and to cease publishing the newspaper.

Magazine DIKKO

In November 2018, former ''Dik Manusch'' editor Britt-Inger Hedström Lundqvist started the online newspaper ''DIKKO'' which claims to be a successor publication to ''Dik Manusch''.

DIKKO comes from the fact that Sweden lacked a magazine that focused on Romani people. A magazine where it was possible to share individual articles that could be included in the debate and spread information.

Publisher DIKKO

In 2022, the DIKKO-family was expanded with th
publishing house DIKKO
The publisher's goal is to help people who want to publish literature that the big publishers don't publish. They also take the initiative to create and publish books that they believe have an educational value for the public.

The publisher wants to encourage writing. The goal is to help people who want to publish literature with a story that otherwise, perhaps, would not benefit readers. The publisher will also take the initiative to create and publish books that we believe have educational value for the public and work to revitalize the Romani language. DIKKO is located in Skellefteå, Västerbotten, and the editorial staff is located around the country. Publisher DIKKO is completely independent from the magazine.

Awards and honors

At the Roma gala, "Heaven, Earth, Wheel", which was held in Malmö town hall on Friday 27 September 2019, magazine DIKKO received the award as "Audience's favourite"
Magazine DIKKO received the most nominations
and responsible publisher Britt-Inger Hedström Lundqvist received the Katarina Taikon prize.

In 2024
DIKKO received Ordfront's Democracy Award
with the justification: ''A minority perspective is needed in news reporting and an anti-racist voice that advocates for the marginalized''. The prize is awarded in connection with the Human Rights Days being organized in November in Skellefteå - incidentally, the city where DIKKO is based.

See also

* ''Aluma''
* Begging
* ''Faktum''

References

External links

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Dik Manusch
' in ''LIBRIS'', the national union catalogue for libraries in Sweden

Dik Manusch PDF

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Street newspapers
Swedish-language newspapers
Defunct newspapers published in Sweden
Newspapers established in 2015
Publications disestablished in 2017
2015 establishments in Sweden
2017 disestablishments in Sweden