Britain framed Sudan as racially distinct from Egypt and groomed separate Sudanese nationalism.

Evidence

The chapter concludes with the ways in which Sudanese figures debated the issue of unity with Egypt under the watchful eyes of British administrators in the Sudan, and a discussion of how the dualism of the colonized colonizer was viewed by people in the Sudan, nominally colonized by both Great Britain and Egypt. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 121 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Egyptian nationalism was defined against the Sudanese as racial other; Britain justified its empire by discrediting Egyptian authority over Sudan; British colonial rule punished a Sudanese leader for lacking a defined tribal home. (+17 more)

Broader Connections