Sudanese interpretations of their own political geography were ignored in 1894.

Evidence

Though Zanüba’s assertion of Islamic origins undermined many of the assumptions about Egyptian colonization of the Sudan and British colonization of Egypt, unfortunately, in 1894, the Sudan was hotly contested and little understood, and indigenous interpretations of its political geography did not yet count for much. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 52

Categorization

• XREF: Directly extends the reader’s comparative aim: both Egyptian and British colonial rule denied Sudanese voice.