Read my essay "Pilgrimage to Ilije Bursaća 51" published for Women* Write the Balkans

The elementary school Branko Ćopić in Prijedor was once Mira Cikota, named after an agent of the underground Communist Party of Yugoslavia who organized covert activities against occupying fascist forces in and around the city during WWII. Cikota was never declared a national hero, but my school and a few other buildings in town carried her name...