Dua Lipa says she feels “very close to” people suffering from war, injustices and inequality
nme.comDua Lipa has shared that she feels “very close to” the people who are suffering from war, injustices and inequality.Lipa was born in 1995 in London as the eldest of three children in a Kosovar-Albanian family.
Three years prior to her birth, her father Dukagjin and her mother Anesa fled Kosovo and sought refuge in the UK due to the political instability in Kosovo at the time.Dukagjin – who sang and played guitar in a band called Oda – and Anesa – who studied law – settled in Camden Town where they raised the pop singer to speak Albanian at home and English at school.
Her family returned to Kosovo in 2006 while it was still under the supervision of the United Nations. In 2008, Kosovo declared its independence from Serbia.During her teenage years, Lipa started to reflect on the horrific stories of ethnic cleansing and war crimes committed against Kosovar Albanians.
At 15, Lipa returned to Camden alone to pursue a music career.In an interview with Elle, the ‘Houdini’ singer opened up about how she has since spoken to victims of the Kosovo War that struck the country in 1998: “I heard stories from friends (there) who lost family members.
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