Theory question 108
Colonial AdministrationIdentify four weaknesses of the British Colonial administration in West Africa.
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Any four: excluded the educated elite from government; limited franchise and official majority in the legislative councils; made chiefs autocratic and imposed warrant chiefs; racial discrimination in jobs and pay; economic exploitation of resources; encouraged ethnic division (divide and rule; separate development of North and South Nigeria); interfered with traditional culture and institutions; drew artificial boundaries; neglected education and development in some areas.
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