Damir Imamovic: “If someone expects a sevdah singer to stay put, I won’t be their favorite sevdah singer”
Performer and sevdah theorist talks music, politics, nationalism, and tradition.
|19.05.2017
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Sevdah is an exceptional art form that plays a part in the emotional upbringing of many people. It is on the other side of everyday politics, a longer and more substantial influence.
I’m not one of those people who think that artists are especially in charge of politics: as citizens, we are all in the same boat. Because of that, we should all care.
Jelena Prtorić
Jelena Prtorić is a journalist that (mainly) covers South-eastern Europe, she writes for web and print platforms, in Croatian, English, and French. She usually writes about politics, human rights, culture, the environment, and a variety of social topics.
This story was originally written in Serbian.