Zainab Balogun spent 19 years wrestling with an invisible enemy, suffering debilitating pain month after month. It wasn’t until surgery four years ago that she finally got her answer: endometriosis.
But her diagnosis wasn’t the end of the story—it was just the beginning. She is determined to continue breaking the silence and turning her painful experience into a movement.
When Balogun began sharing her journey, hundreds of voices emerged from the darkness. Women from across the globe reached out with eerily similar stories: sisters, daughters, and friends suffering in silence. Among these stories, one particularly haunting account became the catalyst for change: a young breadwinner, bound by tradition and desperation, whose life was irreversibly altered by medical misinformation and cultural taboos.
This convergence of stories gave birth to ‘Blood’, a psychological thriller that dares to show what many prefer to hide. The film strips away the polite veneer of society to reveal the raw reality of women’s health struggles—not just the physical pain but also the economic hardship, mental anguish, and crushing isolation.
Through a successful Kickstarter campaign, Zainab Balogun proved that the world was ready for this conversation. The project is evolving beyond a film into a movement, with plans for workshops across Africa and partnerships with global brands. Her message is clear: our gifts aren’t meant to be hidden, and our struggles aren’t meant to be silenced.
