Photographer Eythar Gubara shot a series whose title claims these people “can’t be stopped,” which depicts the lives of lesbian activists during the 20182019 Sudanese Revolution. For 10 points each:
[10h] Give this nickname for the women who made up two-thirds of protesters during the Sudanese Revolution, popularized by a viral photo of Alaa Salah standing on a car. This title was given to the queen mothers of Kush.
ANSWER: kandākas (“kun-DAH-kuh”) [or kandākāt; accept kandakē or candace; accept Kandake of the Sudanese Revolution or Kandākāt ath-Thawrat as-Sūdāniyya; accept Kandaka can’t be stopped]
[10e] A major victory for the kandākas after the overthrow of Omar al-Bashir was the outlawing of this practice in 2020. This controversial surgery involves removal of part or all of the vulva.
ANSWER: female genital mutilation [or FGM or female circumcision; accept clitorodectomy or infibulation; accept khitān al-’ināth; prompt on circumcision or cutting or khitān] (Sudan is the most recent country to outlaw FGM.)
[10m] The successes of the kandākas have inspired violence against women inflicted by these nomadic Arab militia groups, from which the Rapid Support Forces originated, in Darfur and eastern Chad.
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