WAEC - Government (2000 - No. 45)

The French policy of Assimilation in West Africa was a form of Direct Rule. Under this policy, the French aimed to integrate their colonies into France itself, imposing French laws, customs, language and culture directly onto the local population. The goal was to "assimilate" the African subjects, encouraging them to adopt French identity, and even granting some the rights of French citizens if they met certain cultural and educational standards.