AFRI 2002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Maxim Gun, Indirect Rule, Ulama
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In 1885 the europeans successfully defeated the mahdi states: anglo-egyptian condominium, both countries have control of egypt, a british governor general was elected by the egyptians, wingate was very significant and controlled from. Eliminate popular/religious resistance; was not able to stop the cult of mahdi: made a treaty with ethiopia in 1902, defining the borders. Also made an agreement with the belgium, to define the borders between congo and uganda: indirect rule; also used in northern nigeria by the. Allowing the people to rule themselves on your behalf (using traditional rulers, customary laws). One way fighting nationalism: wingate also introduced a lot of cotton production. Egypt, uganda and sudan was producing a lot of cotton: colonialism strengthens tribalism, the french have a system called assimilation. In northern sudan (turkish-egyptian rule), you have a hierarchical form of rule. They are muslims but do not consider themselves as arabs.
