Abstract
The Sudanese revolution had slowly been gaining recognition since December 2018, when, in April 2019, a photo of women’s activism pushed the protests into the international spotlight. This now iconic image has become the most recognized symbol of the revolution, having been circulated and reproduced as murals, digital memes, on Twitter and Instagram, as well as on billboards. Sudanese protestors call these women Kandaka, Nubian Queens, referring to the female monarchs of Meroe in the Kingdom of Kush (260 AD – 320 BC) in today’s Upper Egypt/northern Sudan, who at times ruled independently and led armies.