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Esma RedepovaTeodosievska is a Macedonian vocalist, songwriter, and humanitarian of Romani ethnicity. Because of her prolific repertoire, which includes hundreds of songs, and because of her contribution to Roma culture and its promotion, she is nicknamed Queen of the Gypsies.
Redepova was born onAugust 1943 in Skopje,Ivo Lola Ribar street. At that time, Skopje was occupied by the Kingdom of Bulgaria, allied to Nazi Germany, although the region was returned to Yugoslavia just two years later. She is the second youngest of six children in a Romani family. Her paternal grandfather was a Catholic Roma, and her grandmother an Iraqi Jew, while her mother was a Muslim Roma from a village close to Skopje.
Source: Wikipedia