Oral history interview with Saranda Bogujevci

Interview: 16 minutes 35 seconds

Saranda Bogujevci comes for a close knit family which was living in the bustling town of Podujeva, close to the Serb border. When she was 13 years old eight members of her own family, and a second desperate family her uncle had just offered refuge to, were murdered in a massacre carried out by Serb military. Saranda and her 4 cousins were left for dead. 3 months later during the Liberation of Kosovo the injured children were found by the British army and medically evacuated to Manchester. Saranda and her cousins have recovered well, but it has been a slow process involving many years of healing. The children decided to give evidence against the men who killed their family and many were subsequently convicted in historic trials. Saranda is very creative and after studying in Manchester and working on many arts and peace projects she returned to Kosovo in 2014 and is now Director of Culture, Youth and Sport for the Municipality of Prishtina - the capital.

In this interview Saranda describes her childhood in Kosovo. Her recovery, in Manchester, from the massacre of her family, and her subsequent return to Kosovo to work.