WAEC - Government (1996 - No. 31)
The development of nationalist activities was more rapid in British West Africa than in French West Africa because the
French West Africans were not interested in having self-government
French administerative policies did not allow for political agitation
British were no longer interested in governing their acquired territories
British did not have a standing army in West Afric, unlike their French counterparts
British encouraged political agitations in their territories