Cafe Tito in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Cafe Tito in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Josef Broz Tito occupied a unique place in the cultural memory of the countries that previously comprised Yugoslavia. To some, he was a human rights-violating authoritarian. To others, he was a “benevolent dictator” who kept simmering ethnic tensions from boiling over, as they did after the breakup of Yugoslavia and subsequent Bosnian war. What better legacy to pair with the treasured Bosnian past times of sipping coffee and beer than his? At Cafe Tito, the mythical man watches over patrons from