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Babikr Bedri
بابكر بدري
(Known as "Sheikh Babikr")
Educator, Pioneer of Women's Education in Sudan, Founder of Ahfad University
Born
1861
Shendi, Sudan
Shendi, Sudan
Passed Away
Jul 04, 1954
Omdurman, Sudan
Lifespan
93 years old
"To educate a man is to educate an individual; to educate a woman is to educate an entire nation."
Archival Overview
Pioneering father of female education in Sudan who survived the Battle of Omdurman, defied colonial and conservative resistance to open the first school for girls in 1907, and founded Ahfad University.
Biographical Record
A soldier in the Mahdist army who survived the Battle of Omdurman in 1898, Babikr Bedri recognized that Sudan's national rebirth lay in universal education. In 1907, with British authorities refusing funding, he opened the first school for girls in his own home in Rufa'a.
He expanded this model into an educational empire culminating in Ahfad University for Women in Omdurman, the premier women's university in Africa and the Arab world, transforming modern Sudanese society.
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Final Resting Place
Perpetual Memorial
Al-Bakri Cemetery
Omdurman, Sudan
Omdurman, Sudan
GPS: 15.6500, 32.4833
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