The Sudanese Communist Movement, the First Five Years -- I
In: Middle Eastern studies, Band 32, Heft 3, S. 22-40
ISSN: 0026-3206
The history of the communist Sudanese Movement for National Liberation (SMNL) is traced from its organizational stage in Egypt in the mid-1940s through 1949. The SMNL was hastily set up because of the progress of talks between Egypt & GB over the future of Sudan after WWII, the harsh measures the Egyptian government was taking to expel groups obstructing the negotiations, & the need for the Egyptian Movement for National Liberation to have political reach into Sudan. The SMNL took its organizational form from its small size & the need for secrecy & indoctrination. The first executive committee, composed of 10 northern Sudanese, ages 19-22, was appointed for an indefinite term by the leadership, & this led to later resentment of the party leadership by older members & those in other regions. M. Pflum