British colonial strategy drove a wedge between Sudanese and Egyptians

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 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: British occupation displaced Ottoman authority and severed Egypt from its dependency the Sudan; Al-Afghani saw British control of Sudan as encircling Egyptian territory; Slavery debates aggravated Egyptian-Sudanese colonial tensions (+19 more)

Broader Connections