Colonial rule reduced traditional African rulers to administrative pawns

Evidence

Political systems of the indigenous African peoples were likewise transformed, as traditional African rulers were usually forced to act as pawns of the colonial administration. — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 947

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Colonial conquest destroyed pre-colonial reciprocal governance traditions in Africa; Colonial policy regressed by destroying African institutions. — Alice L. Conklin, A Mission to Civilize_ The Republican…, 638; Indirect rule made customary law into an administrative tool of colonial control — David Theo Goldberg, The Racial State, 70 (+2 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Colonial conquest destroyed pre-colonial reciprocal governance traditions in Africa; Colonial policy regressed by destroying African institutions. — Alice L. Conklin, A Mission to Civilize_ The Republican…, 638; Indirect rule made customary law into an administrative tool of colonial control — David Theo Goldberg, The Racial State, 70 (+2 more)