Some British colonial officials in southern Sudan …
Years: 1954 - 1954
Some British colonial officials in southern Sudan had responded to the Sudan Administrative Conference by charging that northern agitation had influenced the conferees and that no voice had been heard at the conference in support of retaining the separate development policy.
These British officers had argued that northern domination of the south would result in a southern rebellion against the government.
Khartoum had therefore convened a conference at Juba to allay the fears of southern leaders and British officials in the south and to assure them that a post-independence government would safeguard southern political and cultural rights.
Despite these promises, an increasing number of southerners express concern that northerners will overwhelm them.
In particular, they resent the imposition of Arabic as the official language of administration, which deprives most of the few educated English-speaking southerners of the opportunity to enter public service.
They also feel threatened by the replacement of trusted British district commissioners with unsympathetic northerners.
After the government replaces several hundred colonial officials with Sudanese, only four of whom are southerners, the southern elite abandons hope of a peaceful, unified, independent Sudan.
These British officers had argued that northern domination of the south would result in a southern rebellion against the government.
Khartoum had therefore convened a conference at Juba to allay the fears of southern leaders and British officials in the south and to assure them that a post-independence government would safeguard southern political and cultural rights.
Despite these promises, an increasing number of southerners express concern that northerners will overwhelm them.
In particular, they resent the imposition of Arabic as the official language of administration, which deprives most of the few educated English-speaking southerners of the opportunity to enter public service.
They also feel threatened by the replacement of trusted British district commissioners with unsympathetic northerners.
After the government replaces several hundred colonial officials with Sudanese, only four of whom are southerners, the southern elite abandons hope of a peaceful, unified, independent Sudan.
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People
Groups
- Dinka people
- Nuer people
- Arab people
- Islam
- Fur people (Nilo-Saharan tribe)
- Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
- Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian
- Egypt, Kingdom of (British Protectorate)
- Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
- Egypt, Arab Republic of
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Years: 1954 - 1954
Locations
People
Groups
- Dinka people
- Nuer people
- Arab people
- Islam
- Fur people (Nilo-Saharan tribe)
- Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)
- Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian
- Egypt, Kingdom of (British Protectorate)
- Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
- Egypt, Arab Republic of
Subjects
Regions
Subregions