Sudanese elites early rejected unity with Egypt in favor of independence

Evidence

The slogan promoted by Hadärat al-südän was “Sudan for the Sudanese”—an idea of “eventual Sudanese independence” that “rejected ideals of political or cultural unity with Egypt.” — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 842

Categorization

• XREF: Directly relevant to the reader’s Egypt-vs-Sudan colonial comparison: shows a Sudanese proto-nationalism grounded in anti-Egyptian, not anti-British, sentiment. — connects to: Unity demands, not royal abuses alone, delayed independence — Edward J. Larson, Declaring Independence, 160