West Africa under colonial rule / Michael Crowder.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [508]-511) and index.

PART I. WEST AFRICA AND COLONIAL RULE : 1. Introduction ; 1. Colonial or foreign rule - 2. Colonial rule as a factor for the integration of Africa into the modern world - 3. Pre-colonial Africa ; the myth and the reality - 4. The periodisation of colonial rule - 2. The origins of European imperialism and the rise of militant Islam ; 1. The origins of European interest in the West African hinterland, 1800-50 - 2. Islam as a counterforce to European penetration - 3. Background to the Scramble ; 1. The location of European interests in West Africa, 1850-80 - 2. The beginnings of the Scramble, 1880-5 - 3. The Berlin Conference -- PART II. THE EUROPEAN OCCUPATION OF WEST AFRICA : 1. The French conquest of the Western Sudan ; 1. The nature of colonial occupation - 2. Securing the Senegalese base - 3. The conquest of the Tokolor empire - 4. The Seven Years' War with Samory - 2. The completion of the French occupation of West Africa ; 1. Securing the Guinea hinterland - 2. The occupation of Mossi - 3. The conquest of Dahomey - 4. The occupation of Niger - 5. France and Morocco in Mauretania - 6. The 'pacification' of the Ivory Coast - 3. The British occupation of Nigeria ; 1. Britain and Company administration - 2. The Niger Delta - 3. Britain and Yorubaland - 4. The Royal Niger Company and the completion of the British occupation of Southern Nigeria - 5. The Royal Niger Company and Northern Nigeria - 6. Lugard's conquest of the North - 4. The British occupation of the Gold Coast, Sierra Leone and the Gambia ; 1. The conquest of Ashanti - 2. The occupation of the Sierra Leone hinterland - 3. The acquisition of a River Colony -- PART III. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF COLONIAL RULE : 1. Administration in theory and practice ; 1. The problems of colonial administration - 2. Trends in colonial policy - 3. Assimilation - 4. Indirect rule - 5. Paternalism - 2. The administration of French West Africa ; 1. The establishment of the Government-General - 2. The Government-General and the Colonies after 1904 - 3. Slavery, forced labour and taxation - 3. The Chiefs - 3. British administration in West Africa ; 1. The conservation of African society - 2. The political organisation of British West Africa - 3. Taxation, forced labour and slavery - 4. Types of British Administration - 4. Indirect rule in practice ; 1. Indirect rule : interventionist or non-interventionist - 2. Laissez-faire - 3. Imposed chiefs - 4. Direct administration - 5. French and British administration contrasted -- PART IV. THE GERMANS AND WEST AFRICA : 1. Togo, the model colony - 2. West Africa and the 1914-18 War ; 1. The Togo and Kamerun campaigns - 2. The War in British West Africa - 3. The War in French West Africa -- PART V. THE COLONIAL ECONOMY : 1. Colonial development and commercial exploitation ; 1.The nature of colonial development - 2. The communications revolution - 3. Government and commerce - 4. Government and agriculture - 5. Education and health - 6. The European commercial régime - 2. Lebanese and monopolists ; 1. The emergence of the Lebanese trader -2. The European oligopolies - 3. Investment and development by commerce - 3. Government and economy in the inter-war years ; 1. Government and capital investment - 2. Government and agriculture - 3. The Great Depression - 4. Health and the economy -- PART VI. SOCIAL CHANGE : 1. Migration and the new towns ; 1. The colonial situation - 2. Migration - 3. The new towns - 2. The economic impact of colonial rule ; 1. The African role in the colonial economy - 2. The African peasant and new crops - 3. The African labourer - 3. Islam and Christianity ; 1. Islam versus Christianity under colonial rule - 2. The colonial administration and Islam - 3. Islam and the colonial situation - 4. Christian missions under colonial rule - 5. The rise of the African Churches - 6. Christianity and social change - 4. Western Education ; 1. The African background - 2. The colonial education system - 3. Philosophies of education under colonial rule - 4. The training of an élite - 5. Education and change - 5. The Colonial European -- PART VII. THE BEGINNINGS OF MODERN AFRICAN POLITICS : 1. The origins of protest ; 1.The nature of early West African politics - 2. Extra-African influences - 3. The Senegal election of 1914 - 4. Early protest movements in British West Africa - 5. The National Congress of British West Africa - 2. French West African politics, 1919-39 ; 1. Politics in the 'Quatre Communes' - 2. Protest and politics - 3. Voluntary associations - 4. The élite and politics - 3. Politics in British West Africa, 1920–39 ; 1. The constitutional framework - 2. Élite politics -3. Grievances of the élite - 4. Broadening the political base - 4. Prelude to de-colonisation : The Second World War ; 1. Africa in a wider world - 2. The military involvement of French West Africa - 3. The military involvement of British West Africa - 4. The economic impact of World War II - 5. Returns for aid - 6. New horizons -- APPENDICES : A. Governors-General of French West Africa, 1895-1946 - B. British Governors of Nigeria, 1900–48 - C. Governors of the Gold Coast (Ghana), 1885–1948 - D. Governors of Sierra Leone, 1885-1948 - E. Governors of the Gambia, 1884–1947 - F. Nigeria : The Nigerian Economy, 1900–45 - G. Nigeria : Revenue and Expenditure in the Twenties and Thirties -- MAPS : West African States of the 16th century - West African States of the 19th century - The Niger area.