REFLEXIONS I ASSAIGS
Xavier Baró i Queralt; Anastasi Prodani; Edlira Gabili
Abstract
The celebration of the 11th Song Festival in Socialist Albania provoked a large controversy. Several press articles accused its main organizers, Fadil Paçrami and Todi Lubonja, of having included liberal, foreign and modernizing influences. Enver Hoxha, leader of Albanian socialism, removed Paçrami and Lubonja from office and sentenced them to several years in prison. In this paper we analyse the persecution of cultural and educational “deformations” in socialist Alba-nia, and how these should be contextualized within military purges in various ministries, in an environment of growing tensions between Albania and Mao's China.
Keywords: Albania, Enver Hoxha, Fadil Paçrami, Todi Lubonja, purges.
Reception date: 12/02/2021
Acceptance date: 30/04/2021