WEISSE WOLKEN. Lesung und Gespräch mit Yandé Seck

Two unequal sisters: one fights against social injustice, the other lives a supposedly idyllic family life; for one, being black is a political category, for the other, being a mother. The death of their father, who once came to Germany from Senegal, causes the fragile family structure to totter. Yandé Seck paints a vivid picture of Frankfurt and Offenbach - cities full of personal and social conflicts. The title refers to the white marks on fingernails which, contrary to widespread assumptions, are symbols of invisible injuries - just as everyday discrimination leaves its mark. The novel sheds light on overt and subtle racism, power structures and role assignments and shows how diverse mechanisms of oppression shape people.

Yandé Seck (*1986 in Heidelberg) is a writer, educationalist and child and adolescent psychotherapist. She lives in Offenbach and researches psychoanalysis, motherhood and migration at Goethe University Frankfurt.

An event as part of the series "A Day for Literature" by hr2-kultur Literaturland Hessen, supported by the Hessian Literature Council with funds from the Hessian Ministry of Science and Research, Art and Culture, in cooperation with the Office for Integration of the University City of Giessen as part of the event series "Diverse City" and Justus Liebig University Giessen as part of the event series "Culture in the Garden"