HIAF 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Indirect Rule, Paternalism, Tutsi
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Hiaf 111 lecture 6 colonial governance. Introduction: there are different forms of colonialism and colonization, ruling in a top-down fashion, in which africans had no say was the most common form up u(cid:374)til the (cid:1005)9(cid:1009)(cid:1004)(cid:859)s a(cid:374)d (cid:1005)9(cid:1010)(cid:1004)(cid:859)s. Administrative structure of most african colonies: colonial office (london, paris, etc. , governor of the colony (european) Provincial authority (european: district officers (european, chiefs (african, colonies broken up into provinces, district officers are the ones that are actually on the ground, making sure policies are being enacted. African societies, and without regard to what africans wanted. Implicit that those being described by the term are not on the same civilizational level. Native: modern definition: local inhabitant, old definition: one of the original inhabitants of a country, especially a nonwhite (as regarded by. Idea that europea(cid:374)s hold afri(cid:272)a(cid:374) la(cid:374)d, politi(cid:272)al i(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374)s (cid:858)i(cid:374) trust(cid:859) u(cid:374)til afri(cid:272)a(cid:374)s (cid:272)a(cid:374) rule themselves: calling colonialism a trusteeship.
