THE MAHDI AND AFRICA: Muhammad Ahmad and Sudan's Mahdist Revolution in Context

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Details the Mahdi's uprising from a more African point of view than British, and analyzes the effect it had on the rest of North and East Africa, destroying the Egyptian Empire, provoking Ethiopia into a new unification. Sets the Mahdist war in the wider context of Africa and Islam, and in the context of the development of African states. Also looks forward to the present day, where the most important development in Africa is the extensive Islamic uprising, which is replicating that of the nineteenth century. Contains 20 mono illustrations.