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The Civilizing Mission and Indirect Rule in Northern Nigeria: A Contradiction

International Journal of Social Science Studies

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Title The Civilizing Mission and Indirect Rule in Northern Nigeria: A Contradiction
 
Creator King, Lamont DeHaven
 
Description This paper examines the compatibility of the Civilizing Mission with the British colonial doctrine of Indirect Rule. Focusing on Northern Nigeria, it shows that Lord Lugard, the primary architect of the system, did not exclude missionaries from the area. Instead, subsequent colonial administrators limited missionary contact and education because they feared that the ideas of equality in Christianity would undermine both colonial authority and what they considered to be a traditional Islamic conservatism that enhanced law and order. In so doing, British administrators after Lugard often redefined custom by appointing pliable, non-aristocratic leaders in order to rule directly through them. Specifically in the emirate of Katsina, this governmental strategy resulted in little attention being paid to the development of western oriented education during the first two decades of British rule. More generally, this intersection of colonization, religion, education and the redefinition of custom in Northern Nigeria created a polity that was geared more to the needs of colonial power than to any dissemination of the ideals of western individualism and progress.
 
Publisher Redfame Publishing
 
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Date 2016-06-22
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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Identifier http://redfame.com/journal/index.php/ijsss/article/view/1688
10.11114/ijsss.v4i8.1688
 
Source International Journal of Social Science Studies; Vol 4, No 8 (2016); 1-8
2324-8041
2324-8033
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://redfame.com/journal/index.php/ijsss/article/view/1688/1739