Clozel institutionalized scholarly study of African history within the colonial administration

Evidence

Clozel had also encouraged his subordinates to study the customs of local peoples. Characteristically, one of his first acts as governor general was to found the Comite d’Etudes Historiques et Scientifiques de 1’ AOF, whose objective was to promote and publish research on the history of West African peoples and their civilizations. — Alice L. Conklin, A Mission to Civilize_ The Republican…, 613