Δ READING

The Philippines visits the Weltkulturen Museum’
Reading as part of the OPEN BOOKS 2025 book fair reading festival

Before the Republic, before Rizal, before Google Maps, there were islands. And people who moved across the sea, like it was second nature. This isn’t your grandmother’s history lesson. We’re cracking open a real cabinet of curiosities, no colonial creepiness, just living memory: a tattooed truth and a gold shard that once touched skin. Ambeth Ocampo (a.k.a. Rizal’s coolest stan) and Jay Ignacio (bladed-hand king) take us on a trip through memory, myth, and visual fire.

Location: Weltkulturen Museum Library, Schaumainkai 35
Free admission, in English

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Δ EXHIBITION OPENING

SHEROES. Comic Art from Africa

The exhibition “SHEROES. Comic Art from Africa” provides insights into Africa’s diverse comic scene. A growing group of young creatives from the African continent will be talking about (pre-colonial) history in their works, drawing on cultural myths and symbols and addressing social and ecological challenges. Their comics enable them to contribute their voices, experiences and demands to global society, addressing the key issues of our time and creating new visions of the future.

SHEROES focuses on female protagonists and female perspectives: superheroines who fight against environmental disasters with local deities; a young woman who masters her everyday urban life; protagonists who defend LGBTQ rights; a storyteller who advocates for the democratic distribution of knowledge. 

Through their works, these comic creators are challenging the status quo in the international art and culture scene, where female perspectives from the Global South are still marginalised.

Artist, authors, contributers:
Charity Atukunda, Juni Ba, Farida Bedwei, Koni Benson, Salim Busuru, Nur Cherubi, Beserat Debebe, Reine Dibussi, Elyon’s, Akosua Hanson, Katharina Hantke, Catmouse James, Ilknur Koçer, Ashley E. Marais, Ng’endo Mukii, Prince Twumasi Osei, Amelie Persson, Paulina Stulin, André Trantraal, Nathan Trantraal

Free entry
Weltkulturen Museum, Schaumainkai 29

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