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Maja Milinković. Photo by Vanja Lisac, used with permission via Balkan Diskurs. This article by Amir Barleci was originally published on Balkan Diskurs, a project of the Post-Conflict Research Center (PCRC). An edited version has been republished by Global Voices under a content sharing agreement. Sixteen years ago, singer-songwriter Maja Milinković of Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, first heard Portuguese fado music (meaning “fate” in Portuguese). She has since become a pioneer, along with her ensemble, in introducing this musical genre to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Merging it w…

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