The Inside Story of the Super Bowl Halftime Performer Who Raised a Palestine and Sudan Flag
The Inside Story of the Super Bowl Halftime Performer Who Raised a Palestine and Sudan Flag

“Are you going to be a coward?” Zül-Qarnain Nantambu asked himself before taking the field for Kendrick Lamar’s show. “Are you going to take a stand?”

With the world watching, Nantambu, 41, made his choice. As the rest of the 400 hired dancers moved in a coordinated rhythm to Lamar’s music, Nantambu reached into his clothes and unfurled a joint Palestinian and Sudanese flag. He took off running, waving a flag adorned with the words “Sudan” and “Gaza” in black ink. After roughly 30 seconds, he was wrestled to the ground by security as the crowd watched. Despite the mere seconds of screen time, his protest captured national attention. https://archive.ph/lFN0q