| | One of the greatest political assets of the dominated classes in the Sudan is the existence of a communist party - the second oldest in Africa and one of the best organised in the Arab world. Though the two cultures intersect in the Sudan, the country's political vocation has been predominantly Arab oriented, a reflection of the dominant culture. This biased, at times chauvinist, orientation is all the more disastrous for the Left. The incapacity of that Left to define the vocation of the Sudan has been like an albatross hanging round its political neck. The latest and most exciting Marxist study on the reality of the country by a militant intellectual further confirms this. The delineation of the vocation of the Sudan deserves serious debate. |
