Tupoka Ogette · Memoir · Penguin, 2026 · German
How do we make a home in a world that repeatedly questions whether we belong? In Trotzdem zuhause, Tupoka Ogette turns to memoir, tracing a life shaped by East and West Germany, family, racism, and the search for a self-determined place in the world.
Her story brings childhood and motherhood, loss and love, into the same frame. The title’s insistence on being at home carries the tension between experiences of exclusion and the relationships through which a person builds a life.
Why we are reading it
This memoir speaks directly to BGHRA’s interest in Black German lives told in their own voices. It offers a personal companion to Ogette’s widely read work on recognizing racism and taking responsibility for changing everyday practice.
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Book details and purchase options at Penguin
German edition, 2026. ISBN: 978-3-328-60449-5.
More by Tupoka Ogette
- exit RACISM. Rassismuskritisch denken lernen introduces the practice of examining racism and one’s own social positioning.
- Und jetzt du. Rassismuskritisch leben extends that work into everyday life. Explore this title and Ein rassismuskritisches Alphabet on Ogette’s official publications page.
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