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Title:How African is the history of the Sudan?
Author:Hair, P.E.H.ISNI
Year:1969
Periodical:Sudan Society
Pages:39-58
Language:English
Geographic term:Sudan
Subject:history
Abstract:The author has gained two impressions about the way Sudanese look at their history: 1. in the past there has been a tendency to overemphasise the historical influences which stem from the arrival of an intrusive Arab culture, i.e. influences which originated in, and were perhaps, largely shaped by the history of South West Asia; 2. recently, there has been a growing tendency to realise that the history of the Sudan is not merely a history of external influences, but rather one of both modified response to these influences and to some extent of independent internal developments. The Sudan will gradually see a 'Sudanisation' of its history. This means a modification of the previous monopoly of interest in Arab origins and influences and an 'Africanisation' of Sudan history. How African is the history of the Sudan' then is analysed: The view from the North; The Nile-backwards theory; 'Khartoum man'; Races in Nubia; Migrations, conquests, acculturations; Oral traditions; Nubia and West Africa; Islamisation and Arabisation; The Mahdiya; Colonialism and the concept of a civilising mission; Pan-Africanism and African languages; An Africanist's apology. References.
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