Rebellion correlated with the absence of surviving traditional chiefs

Evidence

Indeed, it soon became clear that there was a direct correla- tion between rebellion and the type of native policies earlier imple- mented in a given circle. Wherever vestiges of former aristocracies had survived Panty’s politique des races, the French could count on the chiefs’ loyalty and willingness to collaborate with the Govern- ment General in recruiting tirailleurs. For these survivors, the war seemed to offer a chance to recoup some of their declining author- ity by striking bargains with the administration in exchange for the men they provided. The absence of such traditional chiefs was a re- current element in the areas where rebellion did occur, a lesson not lost on the new policy makers in Dakar. — Alice L. Conklin, A Mission to Civilize_ The Republican…, 510

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

Related

• Rebellion flared where French rule had already eliminated traditional chiefs (similarity 0.95)
• Dispossessed chiefs and religious leaders fueled the 1916 and 1917 revolts (similarity 0.84)
• Colonial revolts during the war prompted France to restore hereditary chiefs as rulers. (similarity 0.82)
• Unrest in one colony prompted France to reinforce rural chiefs across Africa (similarity 0.81)
• Ponty’s politique des races broke traditional chiefs and drove them to revolt in 1915 (similarity 0.81)
• French administrators shifted to power-sharing with chiefs to avert future rebellions. (similarity 0.79)
• France justified dismantling chiefs as correcting rule by force (similarity 0.79)
• French colonial destruction of indigenous chieftaincy triggered rebellion by surviving occult chiefs (similarity 0.79)
• Postwar French domestic patriarchy concerns directly shaped colonial support for traditional chiefs. (similarity 0.79)
• Chiefs collaborated with French rule for wealth and power, not ideology. (similarity 0.79)
• French-imposed chiefs and recruitment abuses sparked the eight-month western Volta rebellion (similarity 0.79)
• French indirect rule had actually weakened the chiefs it depended upon (similarity 0.79)
• Dakar retained compliant chiefs because cost and control ruled out alternatives (similarity 0.79)
• Indochinese unrest drove France to shore up African chiefly authority (similarity 0.78)