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The precious part of Arabism and Islam to Africa, and from here Sudan's authenticity lay in its ability to attract many races and fuse them into the single crucible of the Arabic language, except for some local languages in the South. Rather, its ability lay in fusing these races into the unity of Arab-Islamic culture that permeated all its corners, as previously indicated. This was after it succeeded in making that cultural nucleus the pivot of the great unity in Sudan, after colonial and missionary forces tried to prevent the people of the South from their Arab-Islamic cultural unity. From here, opinions rose demanding that the Arabic language and its Arab-Islamic culture be given their role in the comprehensive unity of Sudan. In this regard, one of the thinkers and cultural figures in Sudan says that the Arabic language has deepened in the consciousness of the Sudanese entity, and its study and revival throughout Sudan, after it has deepened in the consciousness and souls of the Sudanese, is the first step to reviving that single Sudanese entity. This is because thought, literature, and culture cannot live in this country with its multiple regions except by reviving the Arabic language. This revival will only happen by studying it. Furthermore, this revival by the people will not be considered complete unless this movement receives encouragement from the state officials and the ruler. This is through the Arabic language, culture, civilization, and history, through which it is possible to eliminate all remnants of colonialism and missionary work in the South and address the issue of the South within the framework of Arab-Islamic cultural unity. For by equipping oneself with this language, which possesses a vast Arab-Islamic culture, it is possible to study the country's history. Through this, the people and their intellectuals can study the history of their country, forming the basic material to traverse the regions of Sudan and know its customs, traditions, and norms, and what permeates the psyche and consciousness of that people for whom Arab-Islamic culture was their first and last refuge. This paved the way for them to play their role with their brethren of Arabism and Islam in various Arab and Islamic countries, and in its ability to eliminate the alienation of colonialism in the people of the South, through unity. 304

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