A note about Zećir Alefendić from Donja Lohinja (a contribution to the oral history of the Gračanica region) Cover Image

Zapis o Zećiru Alefendiću iz Donje Lohinje
A note about Zećir Alefendić from Donja Lohinja (a contribution to the oral history of the Gračanica region)

Author(s): Edin Šaković
Subject(s): History, Local History / Microhistory, Oral history
Published by: Izdavačka kuća »Monos« d.o.o
Keywords: Donja Lohinja; Gracanica; Zećir Alefendic; past; oral history; telling; Zajim Sestan;

Summary/Abstract: In March 2023, the Town Museum in Gračanica was visited by Zajim Šestan from Donja Lohinja, an 85-year-old resident and certainly the most knowledgeable and informed person when it comes to the past of his village. Zajim gave us an old photo–a portrait of Zećir Alefendić from Donja Lohinja, who died in 1938 at the age of 96, at the same time telling us everything he learned and remembered about Zećir, according to the accounts of older relatives and neighbors. These stories are part of the oral history of Donja Lohinja and its inhabitants, a history that lived among the people, that was passed down from generation to generation, much richer and more contentful than the written history.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 55
  • Page Range: 163-172
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Bosnian