1958 French Constitution - The Fifth French Republican Constitution of 1958 made provision for a French Community. The community comprised France and all French colonial territories.
Policy of Assimilation - This system worked out well due to the cooperation of the traditional chiefs. The traditional chiefs claimed that since their cultures and traditions were not tampered with, they had no problem dealing with the British officials, but this was to some extent.
Loi cadre was formulated in 1956. The law encompassed all the political and constitutional changes or reforms introduced by the French Government in 1956 to grant some autonomy to its overseas colonial territories.
Effects of Colonial Rule - Colonialism is an imposition of a more developed culture over a less developed one, backed up by expansionist and economic adventurism. European capitalist countries established political, economic, military...
Imperialism maybe defined as the economic control and exploitation of foreign lands arising from the necessity to reverse the impediments to the accumulation of capital ...
Policy of Assimilation - France took over its territories in West African between late 19th century and early 20th century and the territories were: Dahomey (Benin Republic), Ivory Coast (Cote D’Ivoire), Senegal, Guinea, Mali, Upper Volta (Burkina Faso), Niger and Mauritania.
The indirect rule policy had both positive and negative effects on the political system.
In the short run, the indirect rule increased the power and authority of traditional rulers.
Colonialism | Pros and Cons of British and French Colonial Administrations In West Africa
As emphasised in our previous article, three different colonial powers had territories in West Africa are British, French and Portuguese, but their objectives were similar.
The primary aim of colonialism was the exploitation of the natural resources...
The three major traditional political institutions (Hausa - Fulani, Igbo and Yoruba) had certain common attributes in their systems of government. There were also some differences between them.
HAUSA / FULANI Pre-Colonial Political Administration and the Emirates System
The dominant political group in the northern part of Nigeria before the Uthman Dan Fodio’s Jihad of 1802 was the Hausa traditional political system. As a result of the Jihad, a large part of the Hausa kingdom was conquered by...
Igbo Pre-Colonial Political Administration and the Traditional Classless System of Igboland
The Igbo live in what is now called the South East geo-political zone and parts of Rivers and Delta states of Nigeria. In general, the Igbo had no central political institution nor traditional political authority in precolonial times. It...
Yoruba Pre-Colonial Political Administration and the Traditional Historical Society of Yorubaland
THE YORUBA POLITICAL SYSTEM
The Yoruba live mainly in the South - West geo-political zone and parts of Kwara and Kogi states of Nigeria and Benin Republic. Historically, Oduduwa was the founder of the Yoruba kingdom and he had seven...
Local governments are semi-autonomous bodies created by the central government to undertake certain local functions within their respective areas of jurisdiction.
