“Sisters of the Yam” is inspired by the eponymous book by bell hooks in which she presents a plethora of strategies that Black women can use for self-actualization, self-healing and political resistance. She maintains that, “True resistance begins with people confronting pain... and wanting to do something to change it.”
(bell hooks, Yearning: Race, Gender, and Cultural Politics )  

In the context of their own Black heritage, the artists have grappled with the topics of spirituality, identity and autobiographical exchange and have asked themselves:

What methods of healing do We know about from our own culture? How can We overcome the effects of collective trauma? How can We intervene politically in society?  Ore Arts’ goal is to reshape cultural institutions so that they can also be spaces for self-actualization and healing for Sisters of the Yam.  To this end, Ore Arts aims to reconfigure the stage so that it will also be a place that is open to Sisters of the Yam.

In this way, a path to de-colonise knowledge can be established that will open spaces for diverse voices in Mannheim.  

Artists Betelihem Fisshaye, Diana Kreissle, Janaína de Oliveira, Sandra Oliveira, Asmaa Sbou, Julia Schroth, Lukas Schroth Film/ image projection Janaína de Oliveira, Lukas Schroth Mentor Allan Falieri (www.allanfalieri.com)