Xhabir
Deralla
Well, legends and reality are two different
things; more precisely: propaganda and reality. Esma Redzepova was
self-proclaimed queen of Roma music. The former Yugoslav propaganda machinery
has created and launched Esma's as one of the many agitprop products. What we
see from Esma in times of independent Macedonia is YU inertia, as so many other
things. Her music, frankly, is far from being so royal as she and the
(post)Yugoslav prop machine claim; there are quite a few kings and queens of
the Roma music. Her charitable work has a rather disputable background. She’s a
small time and irrelevant politician. Altogether, she’s got a deserved position
at the Eurovision contest to which she participated after a scandalous string
of events back home – paid by the citizens of Macedonia.
