Δ TALK (Cancelled)

SHEROES TALK: In conversation with Koni Benson

In cooperation with the Weltkulturen Freundeskreis

Koni Benson, researcher, activist and author of the non-fiction comic ‘Crossroads: I Live Where I Like,’ will speak at the ‘SHEROES’ exhibition about her research on female resistance to the apartheid regime in the Crossroads settlement in Cape Town and her collaboration with comic artists.

In English
Admission: €5 / €2.50 reduced
Location: Weltkulturen Bibliothek, Schaumainkai 35

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Δ INKLUSIVE GUIDED TOUR

In collaboration with the Frankfurt Foundation for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, the museum is offering a guided tour with an induction loop system through the current “Sheroes” exhibition. The themed tour focuses on the comic ‘Karmzah’ by the artist Farida Bedwei. The main character, Morowa Ajei, an archaeologist with cerebral palsy, gains superpowers in her crutches during an excavation. The archaeologist is not a heroine in spite of her disability or because of it, but precisely because of her disability.

A collaboration with Frankfurter Stiftung für Gehörlose und Schwerhörig

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Venue: Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29
Cost: 7 euros, concessions 3.50 euros
An induction loop system is available.

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Δ SPECIAL GUIDED TOUR

SPECIAL TOUR

Walk & Talk 

With Director Larissa Förster in the “Sheroes” exhibition 

A guided tour offering unique insights: In this new “Walk & Talk” format, Director Larissa Förster personally guides visitors through the exhibition “Sheroes. Comic Art from Africa” and invites open discussion. How is an exhibition created, which topics are currently important to the museum, and what does the future hold for the institution? All participants are invited to ask questions, join the discussion, and learn more about the work of the Weltkulturen Museum and its director based on the exhibition.

Participation is included in the exhibition admission price. No registration required. Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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Δ FAMILY WORKSHOP

How to make a Shero

What makes someone a superhero? What ‘powers’ would a Shero need to shape our present or future, and what challenges would she have to face? We'll see which heroes we can find in the SHEROES exhibition and create ‘Shero’ collages with our own (Afro)futuristic visions of the future.

In German Language

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€6 per person
Location: Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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Δ READING AND DISCUSSION

Silence – Forms of Resistance and Cover-ups
Reading and discussion with comic artist Birgit Weyhe
Moderator: Jakob Hoffmann, founder of the Yippie Children's Comic Festival

In her graphic novel Silence, Birgit Weyhe commemorates two women and their stories of resistance. Ellen Marx, a 17-year-old German Jew, was forced to flee to Argentina in the spring of 1939 under the Nazis. Her family did not survive the Holocaust. During the Argentine military dictatorship almost 40 years later, her daughter Nora is kidnapped – once again, a dictatorship destroys her family's life. Elisabeth Käsemann belongs to the German post-war generation that became politicised within the student movement. In 1969, she travelled to Buenos Aires, where she studied and became involved in social activism. She was arrested in 1977, taken to the El Vesubio torture camp and murdered. The Foreign Office remained silent on the matter, as economic interests and the upcoming World Cup in Argentina seemed more important. ‘Silence’ documents these stories and the resistance of the families, for example as mothers of the Plaza del Mayo.

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Admission: €5 / €2.50 reduced (cash only)
Location: Weltkulturen Bibliothek, Schaumainkai 35

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Δ MUSEUMSUFERFEST 2026

During the final weekend of the exhibition “Sheroes. Comic Art from Africa”, we are once again offering an extensive programme as part of the Museumsuferfest.

Short guided tours: 

 Friday 28 August at 3.30 pm (English) and 6.30 pm (German)  Saturday 29 August at 3.30 pm (guided tour by the curators in German) and 6.30 pm (English) Sunday 30 August at 12.30 pm (Italian) and 3.30 pm (German)

Pop-up exhibition: 

 Comic art from Frankfurt Prison Over a period of three years, illustrator Patricia Thoma has worked with prisoners from various German prisons, creating comics together with them. As part of the Museumsuferfest, drawings by women created at the mother-and-child home within Frankfurt Prison will be on display.  

Open comic workshop: 

 Alongside the pop-up exhibition, all visitors can draw their own SHERO comic selfie with the help of Patricia Thoma. Saturday 29 August, 3 pm – 6 pm and Sunday 30 August, 1 pm – 4 pm

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