In late 1884, during the height of the Mahdist insurrection, Khartoum is under siege. An English trooper awaiting court ...

By the time the British detachment reached Khartoum, the city had already fallen, with thousands killed. More slaughter would ...

The Mahdist War was a British colonial war of the late 19th century, which was fought between the Mahdist Sudanese of the religious leader Muhammad Ahmad bin Abd Allah, who had proclaimed himself the ...

Sudanese are slowly returning and breathing new life into the city - but vital parts of its heritage may be lost forever ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Journal Information The Journal of African History (JAH) publishes articles and book reviews ranging widely over the African past, from the late Stone ...

This book is the first analysis of the Sudanese Mahdiyya from a socio-political perspective that treats how relationships of authority were enunciated through symbol and ceremony. The book focuses on ...

The RSF itself is the terrible creation of a history of state-driven violence, exclusion and opportunism in Sudan. Its ...