Colonial Systems
This system allowed colonial powers to govern through existing African leaders.
What is indirect rule?
These urban centres gave some Senegalese people full French citizenship.
What are the Four Communes?
Which colonial system generally allowed more cultural autonomy?
What is British indirect rule?
This system enforced forced labour under French rule.
What is the indigénat system?
This policy aimed to culturally absorb colonised people into French identity.
What is assimilation?
Why did the Four Communes create inequality within Senegal?
Because only a small elite benefited from citizenship
Which system was more intrusive in everyday life, and why?
French rule, because of direct control and assimilation
This event highlighted the violent repression of African soldiers in 1944.
What is the Thiaroye Massacre?