SADL is an ongoing project to introduce and help foster the role of arts in promoting freedom of thought and literacy in the arts in the new and free Sudan
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How We Started
Khartoon Corner
It all started late 2017 when Sudanese political cartoonist Khalid Albaih realised that there are no bookshops or libraries in Sudan that can provide examples of different styles of visual storytelling to the participants of his workshop - later book - SudanRetold in Geothe Institute Khartoum. Later that year, around 200 titles of Khalid's own collection of art books and comics were shipped to Sudan and #Khartoon Corner was launched in collaboration with Goethe Institute.
Private University Library
Semi-Public / Public Library
Public Book Store
Sudan Art and Design Library
The Library is envisioned as a hub for all ages, a place to learn, to gather and communicate. The primary objective of the project is the creation of a public art and design resource for the Sudan. The library will collect and give the public free and open access to art objects, books, and media from both the Sudan and abroad. These materials will be made available to users of the library, both at the permanent location, digitally, and through a mobile library. Our secondary objective is to nurture new artistic works by providing facilities for research, production and exhibition along with collecting historic and contemporary art and design output in and from Sudan. Space where the Sudanese youth could discover their creative capabilities and learn from books from all around the world. A spot for storytimes as well as a corner for the elderly to reminisce about the good old times.
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Who Are We?
We’ve come together from different parts of the world, united by the power of nurturing and fostering the arts of Sudan.
Why Now?
On the heels of the Sudanese popular uprising against the former Bashir government, there has been a resurgence of civic engagement, and a flourishing of the arts. The uprising has also exposed a deep desire amongst the youth of Sudan for access to culture, art and knowledge with the pro-democracy sit-in turning it into a space and stage of arts and establishing an open library. The time is now ripe for the rebuilding of civil society institutions, which had been systematically dismantled by governments from the 1970s till the most recent regime. With the new government still in its infancy, and dealing with deep financial and structural issues, it is incumbent on Sudanese, both at home and in the diaspora, to step up and start to build the capacities that will form the foundation of the new Sudan. It is for this reason that we the members of the initiative have come together to propose the creation of the Sudan Art and Design Library.
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