In her quest to blaze new trails, the scholar was advised in her master\u2019s degree by Daniel Aar\u00e3o Reis, professor of Contemporary History at UFF. The first topic brought about in her research was missionary bishop Daniele Comboni, who lived and wrote letters on Sudan in the nineteenth century. The second part of the work delved into the expulsion of his followers from the Arab country.<\/p>\n The so-called Comboni Missionaries migrated then to places like Brazil. \u201cMany got closer to the Liberation Theology here, carrying out a ministerial care work focused on the situation of Brazilian black people. The congregation was born from colonialism and comes to America in the context of challenging it,\u201d the professor says.<\/p>\n Her master\u2019s degree gave rise to the book Dom Comboni: Profeta da \u00c1frica e Santo no Brasil<\/em> [Daniele Comboni: A Prophet in Africa and a Saint in Brazil], which has been published by publishing house Mauad. The text came to provide information on Sudan, addressing the lack of data on the country. \u201cYou cannot study Africa without studying the history of Sudan. It was different from everything around it. It was an English Egyptian condo, a space that dealt with several powers that build a tight administration supported by local elites,\u201d Santos said.<\/p>\n Mahdist Revolt<\/strong><\/p>\n In her PhD, the Rio-born scholar delved deeper into Sudanese history, studying the Mahdist Revolt. \u201cWe took a leap in this Sudanese context to the largest anticolonial revolution that took place there. \u201cUnderstanding who Muslim leader Mahdi was and his role in bringing such different peoples by challenging the increasing French and English influence on the lives and destinies of the peoples,\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n Tapping into different sources, the researcher sought out several documents produced during the Mahdist State. \u201cThis showed an extremely rich society, with typography and text circulation. In this part of the research, I also gained access to the letters of Mahdi in the University of Khartoum,\u201d she explained on the institution of the Sudanese capital city she contacted during her studies.<\/p>\n The Revolt that ran from 1881 to 1898 fuels the narrative of her book Faith, War and Slavery: A History of the Colonial Conquest of Sudan<\/em>. \u201cWe arrived at something unique \u2013 a rich dialogue with people from other spaces that participated in this revolution, particularly the participation of Indian traders,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n This last bit of information caught the attention of professor Suresh Kumar, director of the Department of African Studies at the University of New Delhi, India, who suggested the translation of the work into English. \u201cI have to acknowledge the crucial role of Suresh Kumar in the publication of Faith, War and Slavery<\/em>. I also dedicated this to all women in leading roles in history and their heiresses,\u201d said the professor, who has taken her work to countries like Burkina Faso, Angola, Mozambique, South Africa, Italy, United Kingdom, France, and Portugal. \u201cA professor once told me: You came all the way to Europe to find Sudan,\u201d she reminisces.<\/p>\n What\u2019s next<\/strong><\/p>\n Among her productions, two digital materials are about to come out. First is a new edition of the work developed in her master\u2019s degree, which is about to be published as an e-book by Unifesp\u2019s publishing house. Second is a collection of 20 years of documents and papers on Sudan that will be published by the publishing house of the University of Pernambuco (UPE). The launches are set to take place between December and March.<\/p>\n Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2021-11-23-at-13.06.09.jpeg\")
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