COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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With indirect rule, native African officials were allowed to run local governments.
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With direct rule, European countries made large decisions for the colony.
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With indirect rule, native African officials make all of the major decisions.
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With direct rule, colonists pay taxes to the European country.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Indirect and direct rule thus had opposite effects on pre-colonial structures of power: indirect rule aimed to preserve them, while direct rule was intended to eradicate and replace them with a new colonial order.
Detailed explanation-2: -Indirect rule was the plan to use existing tribal structures and traditions as conduits for establishing rules and regulations while English officials worked behind the scenes and could exercise a veto power.
Detailed explanation-3: -According to Lugard, Indirect Rule was a political doctrine which held that the Europeans and Africans were culturally different to this extent, Africans had to be ruled through the Africans own institution.
Detailed explanation-4: -Direct Rule This means that the colonialists had the intention of “civilizing” African societies so they would be more like Europe. As part of this strategy, colonialists did not try to negotiate governance with indigenous African rulers and governments.