Ljubica Adžović is an actress who I watched in the productions "Dom za besenje" and "Black cat, white cat", directed by Emir Kusturica. The well-known director said that for him filming with Ljubica was "the most exciting experience in his career", and many people don't know that she was a naturist and that she was chosen to star in the film fortune teller.

A Roma woman in whom Kusturica saw "good potential for acting", she played the role of Baba Kadi in the film "Home for the Mad". Kusturica found Ljubica in a Roma house in the small town of Zaograd, not far from Sutomore. He was fascinated by her natural talent and charisma, launched him into the world of film, and she was grateful to him for that.

Her talent was so authentic that many saw her as a true professional. Ljubica received an award for her role at the Cannes Film Festival in 1992. After this success, Ljubica appeared again in Kusturica's film "Black Cat, White Cat". In that project, she called Branka Katić, a colleague she worked with, "a true granddaughter". Although she was offered roles in Germany, she refused because she wanted to work only with Kusturica. Despite her success in the world of film, Ljubica Adžović decided to return to her previous profession - reading fortunes from cards on the beach in Sutomore.

She had nine children, and no one was able to find out the exact number of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. When I asked her why she was looking at the map, she said "to feed all his children".

She was born in Skopje and lived in Bar. Towards the end of her life, she stayed for a long time in France and Sweden. Not long after her return to Montenegro in 2006, she began a short illness at the age of 82.

Emir Kusturica, who was a close associate and friend of Ljubica Adžović, expressed deep regret for her death. "She was a talent that is rarely born." I loved working with Ljubica. The gift was an unforgettable pleasure and experience for me as a director. "I am sorry for your untimely death," he said to Ljubica.

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On January 30, marks the 14th anniversary of the death of the founder of the Romani language in Macedonia, Professor Shaip Yusuf. He died in Skopje in 2010.

Shaip Yusuf was born in 1933. He studied at the University of Belgrade to become a professor of physical culture. Shaip Yusuf was one of the organizers of the First Roma Congress, held in London in 1971, and was a leading member of the IRU. Shaip Yusuf is the author of the first Romani grammar in Macedonia. He finished the manuscript for this grammar in 1973, while together with Krume Kepeski, a grammar of the Rosmese language, it was published only in 1980 in an edition of 3,000 copies by the publishing house "Nasha kniga" in Skopje.

More significant works in his rich history are "Amen siam e Titoskere, o Tito si amaro" – "We are Titos, Tito is ours" in 1978 in Serbian-Croatian edition by Drago Zdunic. For his work and all that he did, today in the municipality of Shuto Orizari, the secondary school is named after him.