Sudanese nationalism began among those long called slaves.

Evidence

It is ironic that Alï al-Kassär, considered by many to be the most simplistic and ribald figure in the Egyptian theater, created the most complicated Nubian figure, one who was at least allowed to stand up for himself against many of the racial attitudes common among Egyptians in this period. But his Osman abd al-Basit did not break the mold completely. However, while `Alï al-Kassär was gaining notoriety portraying this honest, brave, and buffoonish character, people in the Sudan were growing more politicized themselves, and much of the impetus for the burgeoning Sudanese nationalist movement came from those blacks in the Sudan long considered, and called, slaves. — Eve M. Troutt Powell, A Different Shade of Colonialism_…, 1003

Categorization

• XREF: Parallels reader’s framework: subaltern liberation movements arising from the enslaved class echoes broader anti-colonial African history.