Roume imposed uniform federal education and native courts across West Africa.

Evidence

In addition to railroad and port construction, Roume entrusted several other administrative tasks to the Government General to ensure that the member territories evolved as a unit. In 1903, for example, he organized a uniform federal system of education and “native” courts. — Alice L. Conklin, A Mission to Civilize_ The Republican…, 161

Categorization

• XREF: Uniform ‘native courts’ and education imposed on colonies connects directly to the reader’s topic of republican ideas being forced onto West Africa.