Sudan Pt.1: The First Mahdi

This week on Conflicted we embark on a four episode exploration of
the history of Sudan, to explain the context of the conflict raging
there today. In our first episode, we tackle a huge span of history
– beginning with the country’s ancient Christian roots, before
explaining the period of Islamification and various conquests by
the Egyptians and of course the British. But who would rise in
defiance of them all? Sudan’s Mahdi, Muhammad Ahmad, a self-styled
revolutionary religious messiah who came to unite the Sudanese and
fight against the foreign invaders he claimed were desecrating
Islamic traditions in Sudan. The fascinating, thrilling story of
his rule, and the consequences of it, will inform Sudanese politics
throughout the 20th century and even to this day. New Conflicted
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