Egyptian nationalists proposed mass Egyptian settlement as patriotic colonizing of the Sudan

Evidence

But how could modern Egyptians live up to this illustrious past? They could move to the Sudan en masse, Hamad wrote; only fear and hesitation kept Egyptian society from realizing this goal.This would homogenize agricultural and husbandry techniques all along the Nile Valley, link the peoples, language, and customs of both cultures. The Egyptians, with their native industry and intellect, would teach their neighbors how better to develop their country. And most important of all, colonizing Africa, as Europe’s example showed, was one of the profoundest expressions of patriotism: “Groups of Frenchmen have grown famous for their love of France because they emigrated to their colonies, especially in Africa, with all its difficulties, to gain enough livelihood.” The British did the same, displaying great national courage in toiling through adversity to bring prosperity to themselves and Africa.“So why can’t Egyptians demonstrate the same vigor and life, and harvest the fruits of the Sudan for our country?” Hamad asks. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 762

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• XREF: The settlement-colony ambition for Sudan mirrors European settler colonialism - a striking case of a colonized nation proposing settler-colonial methods on its own colonial periphery.