Bestselling Author Tupoka Ogette in an Interview: "at Home I Had to Fight First"

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As a black child Tupoka Ogette grows up in the GDR – and realizes early on that belonging is not a matter of course for her. In her new book "Despite home" the author tells more personally than ever about farewell, new beginnings and the feeling of living between worlds. BRIGITTE: In your new book "Despite home" you tell very personally about your childhood in the GDR. When did you first consciously perceive that you are perceived "different" th…

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In her newly published book Still at home, author Tupoka Ogette tells of her childhood in the GDR, her escape as well as experiences of violence and racism. A conversation about belonging, the identity in between and the burden of being perceived as different.