Winner of the African Studies Association 2016 Bethwell A. Ogot Book Prize
A lively account of the 1924 Revolution in Sudan and the way in which the colonial situation has affected its representation, a case in point inthe histories of nationalist anti-colonial movements in Africa and the Middle East.

Prologue
Introduction: Nationalism and Memory, A Lost Revolution - PART 1: THE NATIONALIST MOVEMENT IN SUDAN 1919-1923: Transnational Perspectives
Rethinking Nationalism in Colonial Sudan
The Spring of the Colonial Nations - PART 2: THE REVOLUTION OF 1924: Organization of the Movement and its Spread to the Provinces
The 1924 Revolution
The White Flag League: The Structure of the Nationalist Movement
1924 in Port Sudan and El Obeid - PART 3: IDEOLOGY AND STRATEGIES
"The word is for the Nation alone": Telegrams, Petitions and Political Writings
A Community of Protestors: Symbols, Songs and Emotions - PART 4: THE 1924 PROTESTORS: Reconsidering Social Bonds after the First World War
The Sociology of Colonial Education and the 1924 Insurgents
A Military Elite: the Army in the 1924 Revolution
"I was very famous in suq al-'arabi": Nationalism and Sudanese Workers
Conclusion
Epilogue: The Colonial Gaze, History and the Archives