Zef Jubani is known for the publication of a Collection of Albanian Folk Songs and Rhapsodies in the Gheg Albanian dialect.
10 Facts About Zef Jubani
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Zef Jubani was born in 1818 in Shkoder, Ottoman Empire, to a notable merchant family from the nearby village of Juban.
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Zef Jubani's mother was from Malta, so between 1830 and 1838 he studied there while living with his uncle.
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Zef Jubani spent a significant part of his life in Trieste, Venice and modern Montenegro.
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Since 1850 Zef Jubani documented the folklore of his home region.
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The original texts of the folk songs documented by Zef Jubani included in Hecguard's work were lost on 13 January 1866 during a flood in Shkoder.
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Zef Jubani's best known work is the Collection of Albanian Folk Songs and Rhapsodies published in 1871 in Trieste.
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Zef Jubani believed that reforms should be based on an industrial economic policy, the center of which would be an Albanian bourgeoisie, whose commerce with Europe would be encouraged and it would pay lower taxes, while that social class would heavily support the industrial development of Albania.
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Zef Jubani often accused the Catholic and Muslim clergy of inciting and encouraging religious segregation and differences.
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Zef Jubani criticized the Italian missionaries for teaching only in Italian, while in previous years Albanian had been used too.