Theory question 107
Colonial Administration(a) Mention three former French colonies in West Africa.
(b) Identify four qualifications for assimilation of indigenous Africans into French citizenship.
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(a) Any three: Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso (Upper Volta), Niger, Benin (Dahomey), Mauritania, Togo (French trust territory).
(b) Any four:
1. Ability to read, write and speak French.
2. Western education / French culture.
3. Monogamy (one wife).
4. Christianity or renouncing customary status.
5. Good character; no criminal record.
6. Military or civil service to France (e.g. served in the French army or civil service).
7. Means of livelihood / employment.
8. Being born in one of the four communes (Dakar, Gorée, Rufisque, Saint-Louis).
Note: Togo was a French-administered trust territory rather than a colony.