The policy of Assimilation was abandoned because
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WAEC 2010
The policy of Assimilation was abandoned because
- A. it was too expensive to maintain
- B. the French were fed up
- C. the Africans liked it
- D. it was less expensive
Correct Answer: B. the French were fed up
Explanation
assimilation in Africa has to do with the French attempting to turn Africans into model French citizens. They did this by teaching the French language at schools and churches, along with French history and other aspects of the French culture.
The French abandoned the policy of assimilation partly because the policy itself contravened with their original pre-occupations of their colonial policy in several ways.
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