BSTRACT: This article deals with a socio-cultural, historical and political topic. It
dwells on the schools of thought that had heralded the main intellectual trends which
laid the foundation stone for the birth of advanced awareness about a ‘Sudanese na-
tionalism’. Al-Fajr (i.e. the dawn) school of thought in 1930s, for instance, ushered in
a new current of thought which encompassed different intellectual trends interacted
with regional and international developments. These intellectual currents – through
the ‘Graduate Clubs’ and the press – had exerted vital efforts to liberate the people from
the domination of the traditional power, to lead religious revivalism and herald renais-
sance. One outcome of those efforts was the emergence of the first Sudanese Political
parties in mid 1940s – notably the Umma Party and the National Unionist Party. These
political parties had mobilized political participation, triggered intensive enlighten-
ment and ignited the nationalist movement that culminated into independence in mid
1950s. Through historical and descriptive method this article explains the Egyptian
impact as well as the British influence throughout the course of forming the Sudanese
nationalism. If the Egyptian educational and cultural impact on the Arab countries is
great, it is greater on Sudan through different tools and means. It tries to answer the
question: what are the political and intellectual currents which inspired nationalism in
the Sudan? It believes that the Egyptian impact on the formation of the Sudanese nationalism is so descernible.-
تاريخ النشر
05/01/2024
الناشر
African Journal of Economics, Politics and Social Studies
البروفيسور د عبده مختار موسى | ِprof dr Abdu Mukhtar Musa Mahmoud | 2985