A man waving a joint Palestinian-Sudanese flag attempted to disrupt the Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday, though the incident did not appear in the broadcast of the event.
Identified by activists as Zül-Qarnain Nantambu, the New Orleans resident had climbed onto a car used as a prop during the Kendrick Lamar performance, waving a flag emblazoned with the words “Gaza” and “Sudan.” Nantambu then ran onto the American football field, waving the flag. He shared an image of himself on social media being escorted away by police.
According to the Associated Press, the National Football League said Nantambu was part of a 400-member field cast and had revealed the flag after hiding it on his person. The AP said the NO Police Department was examining which charges to level.
Nantambu – self-described on social media as a “financial freedom fighter,” hip hop artist, filmmaker, and fashion designer – rarely posts about activist causes, devoting the vast majority of his online presence to his various ventures.
However, on October 14, 2023, he called for the “liberation to land of much history and turmoil from the Dead Sea to the Red Sea, from the holy Jerusalem to Jericho.”
“On the isolated outskirts, there’s a strip where it’s Liberty or Death, victory for Gaza,” he said on Instagram.
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Last January, Nantambu castigated artist DJ Khaled, who is of Palestinian descent, for not being outspoken enough about the Palestinian cause.
A devout Muslim, Nantambu produces religious sermons, self-help and motivational content, and evangelizes his audience.
Nantambu’s Qarnain Collection fashion line is “inspired” by his “voyages across East Africa, the Middle East, and West Africa,” and, according to his website, he integrates local designs into his clothing.
New Orleans for Palestine on social media praised Nantambu for a “single brave act sparked the internet like no multi-million dollar Zionist propaganda ever could.”