Thoma Çami was a

Cham Albanian Cham Albanians or Chams (; , ), are a sub-group of Albanians who originally resided in the western part of the region of Epirus in southwestern Albania and northwestern Greece, an area known among Albanians as Chameria. The Chams have their ow ...

leader living in the

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and one of the main contributors to the revival of Albanian culture during the National Renaissance of Albania. He was a founder and the first chairman of the organization "Bashkimi", the best-known cultural club of the

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. He also wrote the first scholarly history book for Albanian schools, but died before the

Albanian declaration of independence The Albanian Declaration of Independence (Albanian language, Albanian: ''Deklarata e Pavarësisë'') was the declaration of independence of Albania from the Ottoman Empire. Independent Albania was proclaimed in Vlorë on 28 November 1912. Six da ...

References

Anamali, Skënder and Prifti, Kristaq. Historia e popullit shqiptar në katër vëllime. Botimet Toena, 2002, . Year of birth missing Year of death missing Albanian children's writers Albanian people from the Ottoman Empire Activists from the Ottoman Empire Cham Albanian people Writers from the Ottoman Empire {{Albania-bio-stub