Sultan Kigab

Abd El Magid Sultan Muhammad Salih Kigab was born in 1955 in Al-Ghaba district, in the Northern State, Sudan to Sultan Muhammed Salih. He studied secondary school at {{Interlanguage link|Tangasy|lt=|ar|تنقاسي}} and Evangelical schools. He studied law at Cairo University, Khartoum branch (today's Neelain University).{{Cite web |last= |date=11 July 2015 |title=السلطان كيجاب: ابنتي قائدة لمنتخب السلة الكندي.. و انضمام ابني للمنتخب الأمريكي كان أجمل خبر |trans-title=Sultan Kejab: My daughter is the captain of the Canadian National Team. My son's joining the American national team was the most beautiful news |url=https://sudafax.com/20419/%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d9%84%d8%b7%d8%a7%d9%86-%d9%83%d9%8a%d8%ac%d8%a7%d8%a8-%d8%a7%d8%a8%d9%86%d8%aa%d9%8a-%d9%82%d8%a7%d8%a6%d8%af%d8%a9-%d9%84%d9%85%d9%86%d8%aa%d8%ae%d8%a8-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%b3%d9%84 |access-date=8 July 2023 |language=ar |archive-date=8 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708192435/https://sudafax.com/20419/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A-%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%A6%D8%AF%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A8-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%84 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=11 July 2015 |title=السلطان كيجاب: انضمام ابني للمنتخب الأمريكي أجمل خبر.. وابنتي قائدة لمنتخب السلة الكندي |trans-title=Sultan Kejab: My son's joining the American national team is the best news, and my daughter is the captain of the Canadian basketball team |url=https://www.alnilin.com/12698438.htm |access-date=8 July 2023 |language=ar |archive-date=8 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708193115/https://www.alnilin.com/12698438.htm |url-status=live }}

Kigab started his career as a percussionist and choir with {{Interlanguage link|Naam Adam|lt=Naam Adam|ar|النعام آدم}}, Ishag Karamallah and Zaki Abdul Karim in 1962.{{Cite web |title=السباح العالمي سلطان كيجاب أشهر سباح سوداني |trans-title=International swimmer Sultan Kejab, the most famous Sudanese swimmer |url=https://www.sudaress.com/alintibaha/22365 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708192434/https://www.sudaress.com/alintibaha/22365 |archive-date=8 July 2023 |access-date=8 July 2023 |website=سودارس}} But he was a swimmer from a young age. In 1967, he joined the Graduate Club and participated in the short-distance and water polo championships; then he went to long-distance swimming alongside Fathi Bayram, Huda Hamdi, {{Interlanguage link|Hiba Mohamed Ali|ar|هبة محمد علي}}, Mona Karrar, and Sara Gadalla Gubara, and has proven his worth in endurance and sprint races. In 1969, he was chosen to represent Sudan in the Maratona del Golfo Capri-Napoli race ({{Convert|36|km|abbr=on}}) in Italy, along with his colleague Mohamud Mustafa and Fadel Suleiman.{{Cite web |last= |title=السباح العالمي (كيجاب) يكشف عن معلومة مفاجئة في سيرة وزيرة المالية السودانية |trans-title=The international swimmer (KiJAP) reveals surprising information in the biography of the Sudanese Minister of Finance |url=https://alnwrs.com/2020/12/65332/ |access-date=8 July 2023 |website=Alnwrs |language=ar |archive-date=8 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708192434/https://alnwrs.com/2020/12/65332/ |url-status=live }}

In 1970, he joined the Al-Merrikh swimming club and was the first member of the swimming team in the club. In October of the same year, he represented Sudan in the Latakia International Swimming Race in Syria in 1971.

He was chosen in 1972 to compete at the Flower Show in the Canadian town of Mestine. After that, Canada invited him to represent Sudan in the Canadian World Championships. He continued to participate in all the following seven Canadian World Championships where he swam the 24-hour relay ace.{{Cite web |title=ذكريات من الزمن الجميل الحلقة (51) °السلطان كيجاب |trans-title=Memories from the Beautiful Time Episode (51) °Sultan Kejab |url=https://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=35257372 |access-date=8 July 2023 |website=forum.kooora.com |date=6 March 2015 |archive-date=8 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708192435/https://forum.kooora.com/f.aspx?t=35257372 |url-status=live }} In 1973, he came 9th, swimming {{Convert|46|mi|km|abbr=on}} in the La Tuque, Quebec race and 32 (out of 35) overall in the World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation (WPMSF) rankings.{{Cite web |date=1973 |title=World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation |url=https://nyadfactcheck.com/documents/wpmsf/bulletins/21-december-1973.pdf |access-date=10 July 2023 |archive-date=26 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220626083727/https://nyadfactcheck.com/documents/wpmsf/bulletins/21-december-1973.pdf |url-status=live }}

File:Sultan Kigab 1972.jpg handing over the winner cup in 1974]] File:Sudan Independence holidays race 1973.jpg, Sara Gadalla Gubara is to his left, and Kigab is behind Sarah on the second row]]In June 1974, he established and competed in the Jabal Awliya race ({{Convert|50|km|abbr=on}}), one of the world's longest races, which started from Jabal Awliya dam on the Blue Nile and ends at the TV Building in Omdurman.{{Cite web |title=سارة جاد الله المولودة في حلة حمد بتاريخ 23-4-1956 |trans-title=Sara Gadalla, born in Hillat Hamad on 4/23/1956 |url=https://forum.kooora.com/?t=24791823 |access-date=4 February 2023 |website=forum.kooora.com |date=11 August 2010 |archive-date=4 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204010637/https://forum.kooora.com/?t=24791823 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=31 May 2022 |title=أصبحت أيقونة للمرأة التي هزمت وتحدّت الصعاب سارة جاد الله.. السّبّاحة التي كادت أن تبتلع كيجاب!! - صحيفة الصيحة |trans-title=Sara Gadalla, the swimmer who almost swallowed Kijab!! - Al-Sayha newspaper |url=https://www.assayha.net/103857/ |access-date=4 February 2023 |language=ar |archive-date=4 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204005639/https://www.assayha.net/103857/ |url-status=live }} There, he came first, covering the distance in 13 hours, followed by Salim and Sara Gubara. In the Atbara race ({{Convert|30|km|abbr=on}}) and 1974 Wad Madani to Um-Sunat ({{Convert|30|km|abbr=on}}) race, where 30 swimmers participated, he came first. In the 1978 race from Wad Nemari to Dongola ({{Convert|30|km|abbr=on}}), held during the Independence holidays, he also came in first place.{{Citation |title=البطلة السودانية السباحة سارة جادالله - سيرة تميز |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIeIQxpibSM |publication-date=26 July 2010 |trans-title=Sudanese swimming champion Sara Gadalla - a distinguished biography |access-date=4 February 2023 |publisher=YouTube |language=ar |archive-date=7 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207130943/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIeIQxpibSM |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last1=بكباش |first1=سليمان |last2=Perishable |date=17 June 2021 |title=الرياضة النسائية السودانية، تاريخ من الصراع السياسي |trans-title=Sudanese women's sports, a history of political conflict |url=https://tajasport.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9/ |access-date=4 February 2023 |website=TajaSport |language=en-US |archive-date=4 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230204011915/https://tajasport.com/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B6%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9/ |url-status=live }} He participated in most of the national swims, Al-Alefon to Khartoum race, Mount Olya, Al-Hudaybah to Atbara, Al-Qamar to Abu Rouf, and the Unity Festival races.

In 1975, Kigab claimed to participate in the 100th anniversary of the first English swimmer across the English Channel in 1875 in the English city of Folkestone. In 1978, Kigab tried to cross the English Channel, but he gave up {{Convert|2|mi|km|abbr=on}} from the French coast.{{Cite news |date=12 August 1978 |title=Low sea temperatures foil Channel swimmers |url=https://www.ucpi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/DOC066.pdf |access-date=10 July 2023 |archive-date=29 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629195518/https://www.ucpi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/DOC066.pdf |url-status=live }} Kigab tried again and failed.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dlfjAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Sultan+Kigab%22+-wikipedia |title=Sudanow |date=1978 |publisher=Ministry of Culture and Information |language=en |access-date=8 July 2023 |archive-date=10 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710174018/https://books.google.com/books?id=dlfjAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Sultan+Kigab%22+-wikipedia |url-status=live }} Kigab claimed crossing the Channel on a different attempt in 11 hours and half, which is not mentioned at the official full list of successful Channel swims, records, statistics and swimmer information.{{Cite web |title=Successful Channel Swims |url=https://www.dover.uk.com/channel-swimming/swims/all/sudan |website=Dover.UK}}

In 1977, Kigab was ranked 20 (out of 21) on WPMSF ranking{{Cite web |last=Munatones |first=Steven |date=21 June 2020 |title=When The Machine Dominated, A Look At The Pro Circuit In 1977 |url=https://www.openwaterswimming.com/when-the-machine-dominated-in-1977-a-look-at-the-pro-circuit/ |access-date=8 July 2023 |website=World Open Water Swimming Association |language=en-US |archive-date=7 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207232526/https://www.openwaterswimming.com/when-the-machine-dominated-in-1977-a-look-at-the-pro-circuit/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Sultan Kigab - Open Water Swimming Wiki |url=https://www.openwaterswimming.wiki/index.php?title=Sultan_Kigab |access-date=8 July 2023 |website=www.openwaterswimming.wiki |archive-date=8 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708193640/https://www.openwaterswimming.wiki/index.php?title=Sultan_Kigab |url-status=live }} after coming 13 (out of 14) on 10 July race in Chibougamau, Quebec which had a distance of {{Convert|10|mi|km|abbr=on}}, that he finished in 05:11:10.{{Cite web |title=World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation - 1977 {{!}} LongSwims Database |url=https://longswims.com/series/wpmsf/1977/ |access-date=8 July 2023 |website=longswims.com |language=en |archive-date=10 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710174006/https://longswims.com/series/wpmsf/1977/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ln9YAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Sultan+Kigab%22+-wikipedia |title=Swimming World and Junior Swimmer |date=1977 |publisher=Swimming World and Junior Swimmer |language=en |access-date=10 July 2023 |archive-date=10 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710174426/https://books.google.com/books?id=ln9YAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Sultan+Kigab%22+-wikipedia |url-status=live }} On 12 August 1979, he did not finish the Traversée Internationale du lac Memphrémagog in Quebec.{{Cite web |title=Mohamed Gamie - Open Water Swimming Wiki |url=https://openwaterswimming.wiki/wiki/Mohamed_Gamie |access-date=10 July 2023 |website=openwaterswimming.wiki |archive-date=10 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710174016/https://openwaterswimming.wiki/wiki/Mohamed_Gamie |url-status=live }}

In 1981, he was ranked 11 (out of 16) on the WPMSF ranking, after coming last in the Luxor, Egypt, race which was on 10 May and Port Said race on 2 October, and 11 (out of 12) in La Tuque, Canada, race ({{Convert|24|km|abbr=on}}) which was on 19 July.{{Cite web |date=1981 |title=World Professional Marathon Swimming Federation |url=https://nyadfactcheck.com/documents/wpmsf/bulletins/1981.10.wpmsf-bulletin.pdf |access-date=10 July 2023 |archive-date=28 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528184516/https://nyadfactcheck.com/documents/wpmsf/bulletins/1981.10.wpmsf-bulletin.pdf |url-status=live }} The final race in Alexandria was cancelled due to the assassination of Anwar Sadat. James Kegley, an Honour Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, remembers Kigab running to him while screaming "Sadat has been shot!".{{Cite web |last=Munatones |first=Steven |date=7 April 2014 |title=James Kegley's Amazing Aquatic Adventure |url=https://www.openwaterswimming.com/james-kegleys-amazing-aquatic-adventure/ |access-date=8 July 2023 |website=World Open Water Swimming Association |language=en-US |archive-date=18 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818145040/https://www.openwaterswimming.com/james-kegleys-amazing-aquatic-adventure/ |url-status=live }}

On 29 July 1984, Kigab participated in the Traversée internationale du lac St-Jean in Quebec, Canada,{{Cite web |last=Munatones |first=Steven |date=9 July 2020 |title=Doug Northway, An Unexpected Triumph In The 1984 Traversée |url=https://www.openwaterswimming.com/doug-northway-an-unexpected-triumph-in-the-1984-traversee/ |access-date=10 July 2023 |website=World Open Water Swimming Association |language=en-US |archive-date=5 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205184453/https://www.openwaterswimming.com/doug-northway-an-unexpected-triumph-in-the-1984-traversee/ |url-status=live}} but did not finish.{{Cite web |title=Traversée Internationale du lac St-Jean results - 1984 {{!}} LongSwims Database |url=https://longswims.com/events/traversee-internationale-du-lac-st-jean/1984/ |access-date=10 July 2023 |website=longswims.com |language=en |archive-date=10 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710174017/https://longswims.com/events/traversee-internationale-du-lac-st-jean/1984/ |url-status=live }}

Kigab claimed to have crossed the Saginas Lake in 15 hours 3 time, and participating in the Montreal International Swimming Championships 4 times, the Leg Sangan 3 times, the Chicago World Race in Lake Michigan, USA, the Loth Cabot World Race in Mexico, all Egypt's international races: the Nile Race, the Suez Canal Race, and the Luxor Race. He crossed the {{Convert|50|km|abbr=on}} wide Lake Magog 4 times. He participated in the Iraqi Championship for short-distance swimming, which was held in 1994, with his fellow swimmer Majid Talaat Farid, heading the swimming expedition. Kigab claimed to have won 126 awards, cups, medals, shields, and certificates, throughout his sports career.{{Citation |last=Omdurman TV |title=حلقة طريفه مع السباح سلطان كيجاب |date=9 July 2015 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCOP7uCJtac |trans-title=Funny episode with swimmer Sultan Kejab |access-date=10 July 2023 |language=en |archive-date=9 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709181024/https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=dCOP7uCJtac |url-status=live }}

File:Sultan Kigab and Ali 1988.jpg and Kigab during Ali's visit to Sudan in 1988{{Cite web |last=ميادة |date=4 January 2018 |title=فيديو كليب يجمع "كيجاب" بـ"محمد علي كلاي" |url=https://kushnews.net/2018/01/12853 |access-date=8 July 2023 |website=كوش نيوز |language=ar |archive-date=8 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708204851/https://kushnews.net/2018/01/12853 |url-status=live }}]]According to Kigab, he persuaded Muhammad Ali, to visit Sudan in 1988,{{Cite web |date=7 April 2019 |title=أسرار زيارة الملاكم العالمي محمد علي كلاي للسودان |trans-title=Secrets of the visit of world-class boxer Muhammad Ali Clay to Sudan |url=https://azsuragalnaeem.blogspot.com/2019/04/blog-post_93.html |access-date=8 July 2023 |website=صحيفة العريشة نت |archive-date=8 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708203826/https://azsuragalnaeem.blogspot.com/2019/04/blog-post_93.html |url-status=live }} during which Ali visited refugee camps{{Cite web |title=Muhammad Ali visits Sudanese refugee camps - UPI Archives |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/11/18/Muhammad-Ali-visits-Sudanese-refugee-camps/4784595832400/ |access-date=10 July 2023 |website=UPI |language=en}} and to raise awareness about the Second Sudanese Civil War-induced famine.{{Cite web |date=4 June 2016 |title=How Muhammad Ali became a sporting hero to the Arab world |url=https://english.alarabiya.net/sports/2016/06/04/How-Muhammad-Ali-became-a-sporting-hero-to-the-Arab-world |access-date=10 July 2023 |website=Al Arabiya English |language=en |archive-date=6 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406180845/https://english.alarabiya.net/sports/2016/06/04/How-Muhammad-Ali-became-a-sporting-hero-to-the-Arab-world |url-status=live }} Islamic Dawa Organization, among others, also took credit for organising Ali's visit.

In 1996, Kigab recalled visiting a relative in Khartoum when he watched an interview on Sudan TV featuring Colonel Mohamed al-Amin Khalifa, then-president of the National Transitional Council,{{Cite web |date=23 April 2015 |title=Mohamed Al-Amin Khalifa |url=http://forum.aljazeera.net/speakers/mohamed-al-amin-khalifa |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109050132/http://forum.aljazeera.net/speakers/mohamed-al-amin-khalifa |archive-date=9 November 2018 |access-date=10 July 2023 |website=Al Jazeera Forum |language=en}} discussing election requirements. Realising he met the criteria, Kigab says he went to the Elections Commission Headquarters, where he informed Lieutenant General Abbas Madani of his intention to run for the presidency. Madani, surprised, asked if he truly wanted to compete with Omar al-Bashir, to which Kigab confidently replied, 'yes.' Madani provided him with the candidacy form and encouraged him to begin his campaign. Kigab then sought support from Umma Party leader Sadiq al-Mahdi and later contacted former President Jaafar Nimeiri in Cairo, who assured Kigab that he and the Mayo regime would stand by him.{{Cite web |date=27 March 2018 |title=السباح كيجاب ل "كوش نيوز": الأمة والإتحادي والمايويون أيدوا ترشيحي لرئاسة الجمهورية |trans-title=Swimmer Kijab to "Kush News": The nation, the unionists and the Mayans supported my candidacy for the presidency of the republic |url=https://www.alnilin.com/12928545.htm |access-date=8 July 2023 |website=النيلين |language=ar |archive-date=8 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708192434/https://www.alnilin.com/12928545.htm |url-status=live }}

In the 1996 Sudanese general election, Kigab{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OSLMBgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Abd+al-Majid+Sultan+Kijab%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA145 |title=Nahost Jahrbuch 1996: Politik, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft in Nordafrika und dem Nahen und Mittleren Osten |date=9 March 2013 |publisher=Springer-Verlag |isbn=978-3-322-95824-2 |language=de |access-date=8 July 2023 |archive-date=10 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710174428/https://books.google.com/books?id=OSLMBgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Abd+al-Majid+Sultan+Kijab%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA145 |url-status=live }} and 39 other candidates ran against incumbent Omar al-Bashir,{{Cite web |title=SUDAN: parliamentary elections Majlis Watani, 1996 |url=http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2297_96.htm |access-date=2025-05-17 |website=archive.ipu.org}} who toppled the democratically elected government in the 1989 coup d'état.{{Cite news |last=Cowell |first=Alan |last2=Times |first2=Special To the New York |date=1989-07-01 |title=Military Coup In Sudan Ousts Civilian Regime |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/01/world/military-coup-in-sudan-ousts-civilian-regime.html |access-date=2025-05-17 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} Al-Bashir and emerged victorious with 75.4% of the vote.Dieter Nohlen, Michael Krennerich & Bernhard Thibaut (1999) Elections in Africa: A data handbook, p858 {{ISBN|0-19-829645-2}}{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Elections |encyclopedia=Sudan : a country study |publisher=Federal Research Division, Library of Congress |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/cs/pdf/CS_Sudan.pdf |last=Shinn |first=David H. |date=2015 |editor-last=Berry |editor1-first=LaVerle |edition=5th |pages=232–234 |isbn=978-0-8444-0750-0 |postscript=. {{PD-notice}}}} Opposition parties boycotted the elections, and due to the Second Sudanese Civil War, no voting took place in 11 southern states.

Kigab ran as an independent and came second, receiving 133,032 votes, 2.41% of the total votes.{{Cite web |title=espac.org - PRESIDENTIAL AND PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN SUDAN |url=http://www.espac.org/presidential_pages/presidential_parliamentary.asp |access-date=9 July 2023 |website=www.espac.org |archive-date=3 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603014108/http://espac.org/presidential_pages/presidential_parliamentary.asp |url-status=live }}{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Elections |encyclopedia=Sudan : a country study |publisher=Federal Research Division, Library of Congress |location=Washington, D.C. |url=https://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/cs/pdf/CS_Sudan.pdf |last=Shinn |first=David H. |date=2015 |editor-last=Berry |editor1-first=LaVerle |edition=5th |pages=232–234 |isbn=978-0-8444-0750-0 |postscript=. {{PD-notice}}}} The New York Times described his candidacy as a "charade",{{Cite news |last=Jr |first=James C. McKinley |date=11 March 1996 |title=Sudan Holding Election That Some Call a Charade |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/11/world/sudan-holding-election-that-some-call-a-charade.html |access-date=10 July 2023 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=16 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221116020012/http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/11/world/sudan-holding-election-that-some-call-a-charade.html |url-status=live }} which he denied.

Kigab was married to Mashair Suwar al-Dhahab from {{Interlanguage link|al-Ghaddar|lt=al-Ghaddar|ar|الغدار (قرية)}}, Northern State, Sudan.{{Cite web |title=Abu Kigab - Men's Basketball |url=https://goducks.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/abu-kigab/8102 |access-date=8 July 2023 |website=University of Oregon Athletics |language=en |archive-date=8 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708193630/https://goducks.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/abu-kigab/8102 |url-status=live }} She is the granddaughter of Satti Majid, known as Shaykh al-Islam in North America{{Cite journal |last1=Shouk |first1=Ahmed I. Abu |last2=Hunwick |first2=J.O. |last3=O'Fahey |first3=R.S. |date=1997 |title=A Sudanese Missionary to the United States: Sāttī Mājid, 'Shaykh Al-Islām in North America', and His Encounter with Noble Drew Ali, Prophet of the Moorish Science Temple Movement |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25653301 |url-status=live |journal=Sudanic Africa |volume=8 |pages=137–191 |issn=0803-0685 |jstor=25653301 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710174446/https://www.jstor.org/stable/25653301 |archive-date=2023-07-10 |access-date=2023-07-10}}{{Cite book |last=GhaneaBassiri |first=Kambiz |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xKsLCx2VmcwC&dq=%22Satti+Majid%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA172 |title=A History of Islam in America: From the New World to the New World Order |date=2010-04-19 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-139-78891-5 |pages=172 |language=en |access-date=2023-08-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230821175257/https://books.google.com/books?id=xKsLCx2VmcwC&dq=%22Satti+Majid%22+-wikipedia&pg=PA172 |archive-date=2023-08-21 |url-status=live}} for spreading Islam in United States during the interwar period.{{Cite journal |last1=Shouk |first1=Ahmed I. Abu |last2=Hunwick |first2=J.O. |last3=O'Fahey |first3=R.S. |date=1997 |title=A Sudanese Missionary to the United States: Sāttī Mājid, 'Shaykh Al-Islām in North America', and His Encounter with Noble Drew Ali, Prophet of the Moorish Science Temple Movement |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/25653301 |journal=Sudanic Africa |volume=8 |pages=137–191 |jstor=25653301 |issn=0803-0685 |access-date=10 July 2023 |archive-date=10 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230710174446/https://www.jstor.org/stable/25653301 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=3.2 Imam Satti Majid Muhammad 1883 -1963 |url=https://www.islam101.com/index.php/history/124-islam-in-america/128-section3/1360-3-2-imam-satti-majid-muhammad-1883-1963 |access-date=10 July 2023 |website=www.islam101.com |archive-date=17 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417224440/https://www.islam101.com/index.php/history/124-islam-in-america/128-section3/1360-3-2-imam-satti-majid-muhammad-1883-1963 |url-status=live }} Together they have 2 daughters and 2 sons, Abu Haef, Buthina, Nazek and Nawaf. Abu Haef, known as Abu Kigab, is a professional basketball player who was key in Canada winning the FIBA Under-19 World Cup in 2017.{{Cite web |title=Abu KIGAB at the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2017 |url=https://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/player/Abu-Kigab |access-date=8 July 2023 |website=FIBA.basketball |language=en |archive-date=8 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230708192434/https://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2017/player/Abu-Kigab |url-status=live }}

Kigab became a Canadian citizen in 1979,{{Cite web |last=Ahmed |date=30 November 2015 |title=صحيفة المجهر السياسي السودانية - "السلطان كيجاب" لــ(المجهر) : "نميري" كان راجل (كلس) وفي عهده السباحة اصبحت اللعبة الاولي في البلد |trans-title=The Sudanese political microscope newspaper - "Sultan Kijab" by (the microscope): "Numeiri" was a man (Kels) and during his reign swimming became the first game in the country |url=https://elmeghar.com/archives/33185 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709054037/https://elmeghar.com/archives/33185 |archive-date=9 July 2023 |access-date=10 July 2023 |website=صحيفة المجهر السياسي السودانية |language=ar}}and lived between Canada and Sudan. He was known for being a "real showman".

Kigab died following a brief illness in New York City, on 17 October 2024.{{cite web |url=https://www.alarabiya.net/arab-and-world/sudan/2024/10/17/رحيل-أسطورة-السباحة-سلطان-كيجاب-يُفجع-السودانيين- |title=رحيل أسطورة السباحة سلطان كيجاب يُفجع السودانيين |publisher=Al Arabiya |language=ar |date=17 October 2024 }}{{cite web |url=https://wat24an.net/?p=12145 |title=وفاة السباح الدولي السلطان كيجاب |publisher=wat24an.net |language=ar |date=17 October 2024 }}

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