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Models of Colonization in Africa - Coggle Diagram
Models of Colonization in Africa
Indirect Rule
Organized in levels
provincial
regional
central
Had 3 institutions
native treasury
collected and administered services
native courts
protected native law/ custom
native authority
local ruler+ colonial official + staff
Worked
best in long-established centralized state areas
less in decentralized societies
The governor in the colonial capital
worked along
a legislative council of appointed
selected local/foreign members.
executive council
was responsible to colonial office and secretary of London
oversaw & made laws, policies, and programs
colonial policies were implemented to work in different departments of government.
Direct Rule
Assimilation
highly centralized administrative system
influenced by
ideology of colonialism
claimed they were on a «civilizing mission»
national tradition of extreme administrative centralism
natives were courage to gain French citizenship
only trialed in french courts
could be sentenced to forced labor
they earned french rights
combined elements of
direct administration
indirect rule
organized at three levels
chef de canton
chef de village
chef de province
Was more of
an imperialist political and ideological posture than a serious political objective
centralized, bureaucratic, and interventionist than the British system of colonial rule