Sudanese activists held ambivalent feelings toward Nile Valley unity

Evidence

The events and slogans of the revolution itself reveal that, for many Sudanese activists, the idea of Nile Valley unity was both attractive and complicated. The songs and poems recited at the demonstrations offer glimpses into how this ambivalence expressed itself. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 1038

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Category: Factual Claims

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