Afide Topalli Kuka


When they released me, they released me the day before. My family didn’t know, my family was expecting me the next day. They [the police] told me, ‘You will be...

Idriz Mehmeti


We had a principal, a very bad man, very bad, he was the head of high school dormitories. If I am not mistaken, his name was Qamil, but I will...

Hidajete Shabani Dërmaku


Samiu [my husband] said, ‘Let Vlora go and stay in Kosovo for about a week.’ And then Vlora was getting ready. Mimoza, my youngest daughter was watching her, she wanted...

Agim Sylejmani


In ‘78 the relations between Albania and China ultimately deteriorated. So, at that time while we were listening to Radio Tirana and Radio Kuksi that they were sending various letters...

Berat Luzha


My fifth child was born after my imprisonment and was brought for a visit in the District Prison in Pristina, where visits were done through the bars. The bars were...

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Programmatic collaboration between the Oral History Initiative and Gallery of the Ministry of Culture - Qafa


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TRAILER: MARDHË

Short animated film directed by Flaka Kokolli


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