On May 28, 1956, thousands of Sudanese women took to the streets of Khartoum demanding full rights in the newly independent Sudan. Just months after Sudan’s formal independence from Anglo-Egyptian rule, women’s organizations mobilized a historic protest calling for voting rights, education, and legal reforms. This was one of the earliest postcolonial women-led political movements in Africa. Their chants—translated as “Freedom for Women is Freedom for the Nation”—became a rallying cry across North and East Africa. This moment signaled that the fight against colonialism would be incomplete without gender justice. May 28 is a powerful date in the intersectional history of Black liberation and feminist movements.
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