Carde’s Cameroon mandate work earned him the Dakar governorship

Evidence

Van Vollenhoven thought highly of Carde, writing, upon his own resignation, that he could not say enough about the man and calling him a true chef, ultimate praise from someone who had made a cult of leadership abilities. After the war, Carde was posted to Cameroon as commissaire de la Republique to organize France’s League of Nations mandate and preside over the transition from military to civilian rule. He arrived in Dakar from Cameroon, where he had received high marks for inaugurating the colony’s mise en valeur. — Alice L. Conklin, A Mission to Civilize_ The Republican…, 697

Categorization

• XREF: Carde’s move from Cameroon mandate to Dakar parallels broader patterns of League of Nations mandate experience as a training ground for imperial governors.