The French policy of assimilation in African colonies.

                          The French policy of assimilation in African colonies.

When the French colonized certain parts of Africa they met people who already had customs, values and traditions but they nevertheless embarked on a policy to turn the Africans into French people. This was not something new in the annals of history, throughout medieval times nation have sought to conquer nations so as to expand their boundaries, spread their cultures and or civilizations thus effectively turning the conquered nations into their own people.

The French went on to teach the people the French language, the French customs, the French history and a whole lot more. Things at the time that might have elevated the French language, culture and tradition to an elite level and would be aspired for by the ’locals’.

But the whole process never fulfilled it’s aims.