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Why did the French government replace the policy of assimilation with that of association in 1945?

Why did the French government replace the policy of assimilation with that of association in 1945?

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Eric
a) The French had realized that assimilation would lead to equality between them and the colonized
people.
b) Assimilation was too expensive especially because West African colonies were not self-supporting
yet.
c) The method clashed with the commercial interests. The French businesspersons and their friends in
the colonial administration saw Africans as source of cheap labour. They therefore disapproved the
idea of uplifting them.
d) The French had realized that not all the colonial people could be assimilated. Only the elite ones
among them could. Association aimed at transforming the Native elites into Frenchmen while allowing
the other masses to learn enough French for communication purposes.
e) They had realized that there was need to allow the colonies to enjoy the freedom of developing
according to existing traditional political and social structure. / respect for the culture of her colonies.
ericmunguti answered the question on September 19, 2018 at 08:53

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