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i) Opposition by local people who did not want the French to interfere with theory culture
ii) Traditional African rulers who did not want to lose their authority and influence over people
iii) The people who had been converted to Islam resisted the French attempt to convert them to their culture/Christianity
iv) There was opposition by French traders in West Africa who saw the assimilated Africans as a potential threat to their commercial monopoly in the region
v) The African land tenure system was different from that of the French
vi) French government found it expensive to implement the policy because it required building many schools and employing teachers
vii) It threatened the existence of the French empire
viii) it was opposed by the French imperialists
ix) The vastness of the French colonies made it difficult to supervise the implementation of the policy of assimilation/inadequate personnel
x) The French people in France opposed of assimilation because they feared that they would be outnumbered in the chamber of deputies and that the laws would be made a by representative from the colonies
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