The Politics of Two Sudans: The South and the North, 1821-1969This book gives a vivid account of the political history of Sudan from 1821 to 1969. It shows why Sudan is in reality two Sudans, which differ in every substantive aspect: geographical, ethnic, cultural, and religious. North and South Sudan became one sovereign state by colonial fiat. Since 1821 the Turko-Egyptian rules in Sudan sealed the fate of the Southern people. From that time onwards Southern Sudan has been laid bare to foreign intervention and influence. The Southern Sudanese have experienced all kinds of exploitation, including the slave trade, subjection to alien cultures and religions, colonialism, and finally outright annexation to the Arab North. This foreign interference was, and still is, fiercely resisted by the Southerners. This book traces, analyzes, and evaluates their protracted struggle. The analysis leads to the logical conclusion that the two Sudans will inevitably in the near future become separate, sovereign states. |
Contents
PREFACE | 9 |
Southerners | 16 |
Christian Missionaries 18461881 | 25 |
Conditions in the Sudan upon its Conquest | 33 |
Tribalism and Tribal Administration 18991930 | 40 |
Reversal of 1930 Southern Policy | 47 |
THE PROCESS OF INDEPENDENCE | 54 |
Sudanization | 67 |
The Development of the Southern Political Movement | 103 |
The CareTaker Government | 110 |
The Twelveman Committee | 120 |
Mahjoubs Southern Policy | 127 |
Sadigs Premiership | 149 |
THE FUTURE OF ISLAMIC RULE IN SUDAN | 156 |
Post Independence Islamic Fundamentalist Revival | 162 |
Decadence of Sharia Law | 169 |
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