Letter from Ksamil
Creating order amidst the chaos.
|2023.08.24
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Ksamil has rapidly transformed from an uninhabited shoreside to a “model socialist village” and military zone to a tourist destination.
Located so close to the border with Greece, Ksamil was a military zone under the communist regime.
'All the beautiful houses in town were built by immigrant investments from those migrating to Italy or Greece,' said Suzana.
Smoki Musaraj
Smoki Musaraj is associate professor of Anthropology at Ohio University. She is the author of “Tales from Albarado: Ponzi Logics of Accumulation in Postsocialist Albania” and co-editor of “Remitting, Restoring and Building Contemporary Albania.”
DISCLAIMERThe views of the writer do not necessarily reflect the views of Kosovo 2.0.
This story was originally written in English.