Δ PUBLIC GUIDED TOUR

SHEROES. Comic Art from Africa

The guided tour of the exhibition ‘SHEROES. Comic Art from Africa’ provides an insight into Africa's diverse comic scene. It focuses on female protagonists and female perspectives. From superheroes who fight environmental disasters in conjunction with local deities, to young women who master their urban everyday lives, to protagonists who campaign for LGBTQ+ rights or advocate for a more equitable distribution of knowledge as storytellers. The group exhibition shows how the artists address social and ecological challenges and use their comics to powerfully create new visions of the future.

Participation in the guided tour is included in the admission price.
Venue: Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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Δ PUBLIC GUIDED TOUR IN ENGLISH

SHEROES. Comic Art from Africa

The guided tour of the exhibition ‘SHEROES. Comic Art from Africa’ provides an insight into Africa's diverse comic scene. It focuses on female protagonists and female perspectives. From superheroes who fight environmental disasters in conjunction with local deities, to young women who master their urban everyday lives, to protagonists who campaign for LGBTQ+ rights or advocate for a more equitable distribution of knowledge as storytellers. The group exhibition shows how the artists address social and ecological challenges and use their comics to powerfully create new visions of the future.

Participation in the guided tour is included in the admission price.
Venue: Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

schließen

Δ PUBLIC GUIDED TOUR

SHEROES. Comic Art from Africa

The guided tour of the exhibition ‘SHEROES. Comic Art from Africa’ provides an insight into Africa's diverse comic scene. It focuses on female protagonists and female perspectives. From superheroes who fight environmental disasters in conjunction with local deities, to young women who master their urban everyday lives, to protagonists who campaign for LGBTQ+ rights or advocate for a more equitable distribution of knowledge as storytellers. The group exhibition shows how the artists address social and ecological challenges and use their comics to powerfully create new visions of the future.

Participation in the guided tour is included in the admission price.
Venue: Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

schließen

Δ PUBLIC GUIDED TOUR

SHEROES. Comic Art from Africa

The guided tour of the exhibition ‘SHEROES. Comic Art from Africa’ provides an insight into Africa's diverse comic scene. It focuses on female protagonists and female perspectives. From superheroes who fight environmental disasters in conjunction with local deities, to young women who master their urban everyday lives, to protagonists who campaign for LGBTQ+ rights or advocate for a more equitable distribution of knowledge as storytellers. The group exhibition shows how the artists address social and ecological challenges and use their comics to powerfully create new visions of the future.

Participation in the guided tour is included in the admission price.
Venue: Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

schließen

Δ PUBLIC GUIDED TOUR

SHEROES. Comic Art from Africa

The guided tour of the exhibition ‘SHEROES. Comic Art from Africa’ provides an insight into Africa's diverse comic scene. It focuses on female protagonists and female perspectives. From superheroes who fight environmental disasters in conjunction with local deities, to young women who master their urban everyday lives, to protagonists who campaign for LGBTQ+ rights or advocate for a more equitable distribution of knowledge as storytellers. The group exhibition shows how the artists address social and ecological challenges and use their comics to powerfully create new visions of the future.

Participation in the guided tour is included in the admission price.
Venue: Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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Δ PUBLIC GUIDED TOUR IN DARI

SHEROES. Comic Art from Africa

The guided tour of the exhibition ‘SHEROES. Comic Art from Africa’ provides an insight into Africa's diverse comic scene. It focuses on female protagonists and female perspectives. From superheroes who fight environmental disasters in conjunction with local deities, to young women who master their urban everyday lives, to protagonists who campaign for LGBTQ+ rights or advocate for a more equitable distribution of knowledge as storytellers. The group exhibition shows how the artists address social and ecological challenges and use their comics to powerfully create new visions of the future.

Participation in the guided tour is included in the admission price.
Venue: Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

schließen

Δ PUBLIC GUIDED TOUR IN ENGLISH

SHEROES. Comic Art from Africa

The guided tour of the exhibition ‘SHEROES. Comic Art from Africa’ provides an insight into Africa's diverse comic scene. It focuses on female protagonists and female perspectives. From superheroes who fight environmental disasters in conjunction with local deities, to young women who master their urban everyday lives, to protagonists who campaign for LGBTQ+ rights or advocate for a more equitable distribution of knowledge as storytellers. The group exhibition shows how the artists address social and ecological challenges and use their comics to powerfully create new visions of the future.

Participation in the guided tour is included in the admission price.
Venue: Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

schließen

Δ PUBLIC GUIDED TOUR

SHEROES. Comic Art from Africa

The guided tour of the exhibition ‘SHEROES. Comic Art from Africa’ provides an insight into Africa's diverse comic scene. It focuses on female protagonists and female perspectives. From superheroes who fight environmental disasters in conjunction with local deities, to young women who master their urban everyday lives, to protagonists who campaign for LGBTQ+ rights or advocate for a more equitable distribution of knowledge as storytellers. The group exhibition shows how the artists address social and ecological challenges and use their comics to powerfully create new visions of the future.

Participation in the guided tour is included in the admission price.
Venue: Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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Δ FAMILY WORKSHOP

Making Comics Sound
With cultural mediator Gregor Glogowski

Pow! Bam! Splash! – Comics speak to us through images. Through sounds, we learn about the meaning and context of the comics and artworks in SHEROES. Then we experiment with different sound effects and add sound to selected comics to bring the visual stories to life.

In German Language

€6 per person
Location: Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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Δ PUBLIC GUIDED TOUR

SHEROES. Comic Art from Africa

The guided tour of the exhibition ‘SHEROES. Comic Art from Africa’ provides an insight into Africa's diverse comic scene. It focuses on female protagonists and female perspectives. From superheroes who fight environmental disasters in conjunction with local deities, to young women who master their urban everyday lives, to protagonists who campaign for LGBTQ+ rights or advocate for a more equitable distribution of knowledge as storytellers. The group exhibition shows how the artists address social and ecological challenges and use their comics to powerfully create new visions of the future.

Participation in the guided tour is included in the admission price.
Venue: Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

schließen

Δ PUBLIC GUIDED TOUR

SHEROES. Comic Art from Africa

The guided tour of the exhibition ‘SHEROES. Comic Art from Africa’ provides an insight into Africa's diverse comic scene. It focuses on female protagonists and female perspectives. From superheroes who fight environmental disasters in conjunction with local deities, to young women who master their urban everyday lives, to protagonists who campaign for LGBTQ+ rights or advocate for a more equitable distribution of knowledge as storytellers. The group exhibition shows how the artists address social and ecological challenges and use their comics to powerfully create new visions of the future.

Participation in the guided tour is included in the admission price.
Venue: Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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Δ TALK

Sheroes on the Move
A conversation with Joëlle Epée Mandengue (comic book author)
Moderator: Vera Grosch (co-curator of the Sheroes exhibition)

The author, artist of the Sheroes exhibition and initiator of the Bilili BD comic festival in Brazzaville, Joëlle Epée Mandengue, is a guest at the Weltkulturen Museum. In conversation, she highlights the diversity of the African comic scene, discusses her own artistic work and her role as an advisor to the exhibition at the Weltkulturen Museum.

At the same time, she will offer insights into the next stage of the project: the journey of the ‘Sheroes’ to the Republic of the Congo, where the heroines and their stories will continue to have an impact as part of the Bilili BD Festival and facilitate new encounters.

The event is made possible by the Weltkulturen Freundeskreis.

In English
Admission: €5 / €2.50 reduced
Location: Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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Δ THEMATIC GUIDED TOUR - WELCOME TO THE WELTKULTUREN MUSEUM

Welcome to the Weltkulturen Museum

So what is an ethnological museum? Who works here? How do the exhibitions come about? In this tour the participants will learn all about the Weltkulturen Museum and go through the current exhibition together. The museum educators will take the participants’ linguistic proficiency into account. 

Price: Free of charge. No need to book.
Venue: Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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Δ PUBLIC GUIDED TOUR

SHEROES. Comic Art from Africa

The guided tour of the exhibition ‘SHEROES. Comic Art from Africa’ provides an insight into Africa's diverse comic scene. It focuses on female protagonists and female perspectives. From superheroes who fight environmental disasters in conjunction with local deities, to young women who master their urban everyday lives, to protagonists who campaign for LGBTQ+ rights or advocate for a more equitable distribution of knowledge as storytellers. The group exhibition shows how the artists address social and ecological challenges and use their comics to powerfully create new visions of the future.

Participation in the guided tour is included in the admission price.
Venue: Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

schließen

Δ PUBLIC GUIDED TOUR

SHEROES. Comic Art from Africa

The guided tour of the exhibition ‘SHEROES. Comic Art from Africa’ provides an insight into Africa's diverse comic scene. It focuses on female protagonists and female perspectives. From superheroes who fight environmental disasters in conjunction with local deities, to young women who master their urban everyday lives, to protagonists who campaign for LGBTQ+ rights or advocate for a more equitable distribution of knowledge as storytellers. The group exhibition shows how the artists address social and ecological challenges and use their comics to powerfully create new visions of the future.

Participation in the guided tour is included in the admission price.
Venue: Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

schließen