"Sudan Retold"

In the organizer's words:

Book launch and discussion

"Kandik fights against evil. With her superpowers, the heroine protects her village from
attackers - in the comic. The Sudanese artist Sara Amin was inspired by the story.
inspired by the story. 'Kandake' was the name of the queens of Meroë 2000 years ago,
in the Nubian kingdom of Kush. During the 2018/19 revolution, Sudan's
activists were called 'Kandake'. They fought for democracy and freedom, unfortunately without
superpowers. The revolution is considered 'stolen'." With this example from the volume "Sudan
Retold", Cornelia Wegerhoff illustrates how every era re-reads stories and thus
preserved (Amnesty Journal 02/2026).

The journalist will moderate the book launch with Larissa-Diana Fuhrmann and the artists
artists Amna Elhassan and Ola Hassanain. They have collaborated on the art book
book, which contains contributions from 40 artists - including the illustrator
illustrator who draws "Kandik" as a superheroine or the musician who combines Sudanese
Sudanese sounds with hip hop, jazz and reggae.
Sandra Hetzl translates German/Arabic,
Ibrahim Abdulhalim makes music.

Registration is required for the Sudanese and Eritrean meal that follows
is requested by May 15: info@afrikanische-perspektiven.de

Further information can be found at https://afrikanische-perspektiven.de