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• making love to his wife, and he remembered Mustafa Sa’eed’s description of “two thighs, opened wide and white” in London
• He thought of the colonizers—the British—ruling over Sudan, and mused that, sooner or later, they will leave.
• His thoughts on British colonialism suggest that he takes a rather matter-of-fact attitude towards colonial rule.
• it was under this rule that he found the opportunity to pursue his education and to migrate to England. However, it’s also clear that Sa’eed’s fury over colonialism was, in part, the reason that he chose to inflict such violence on English women. Again, the overall effects of colonialism seem to remain uncertain and complex.

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