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The West African Students' Union worked towards
the end of colonial rule
the end of indirect rule
getting accommodation for West African Students
the end of the policy of direct rule
Correct answer is C
The West African Students' Union, founded in London in 1925 and active into the 1960s, was an association of students from various West African countries who were studying in the United Kingdom. , it had begun to campaign for improved welfare for all African students in London, and for assorted measures for progress in Britain's African colonies.
The organisation made opposition to the colour bar its first priority, while also including the promotion of political research, support for the NCBWA and the provision of a student hostel in its founding aims
The aim of founding a hostel was taken directly from USAD and the NPU. Many African students in Britain found that, due to racism, it was difficult to secure satisfactory lodgings. While the Colonial Office showed some interest in establishing such a hostel, WASU was keen to maintain control of the project, and in 1929, Solanke left for a fundraising journey through West Africa. Despite this, the Colonial Office assembled a secret committee to plan for a hostel under its control, and attempted to secure private funding for its construction.
Before the Second World War, the British Colonial Executive Council consisted of
only elected Africans
only White officials
unofficial members
official and unofficial members
Correct answer is B
No explanation has been provided for this answer.
were representing the Queen of England
were above the law
maintained friendly relations with France
were the heads of government
Correct answer is A
Governors-general were British subjects, appointed on the advice of the British government, who acted as agents of the British government in each Dominion, as well as being representatives of the monarch. As such they notionally held the prerogative powers of the monarch, and also held the executive power of the country to which they were assigned. In these countries the governor-general acts as the monarch's representative, performing the ceremonial and constitutional functions of a head of state.
The Loi-Cadre Reforms of 1956 in the French West Africa were as a result of
pressure from the French territories
change in French Policy of Association
opposition to Bamako Conference
British colonial policy of granting internal self-government
Correct answer is A
The loi-cadre ( Reform Act) was a French legal reform passed by the French National Assembly on 23 June 1956. It marked a turning point in relations between France and its overseas empire. Under pressure from independence movements in the colonies, the government transferred a number of powers from Paris to elected territorial governments in French African colonies and also removed remaining voting inequalities by implementing universal suffrage and abolishing the multiple electoral college system. It was the first step in the creation of the French Community, comparable to the British Commonwealth of Nations. Most French African colonies held elections under the new universal suffrage Loi Cadre system on 31 March 1957, the exceptions being Cameroon which held its election on 23 December 1956, and Togo which held its election on 17 April 1958. (Cameroon and Togo were United Nations mandated territories and so were on a different trajectory than the rest of French Africa).
Anonymity of the civil servants means that they
are free from their political heads
are to be seen but not be heard
cannot vote for any political party
are to execute government policies
Correct answer is B
Civil servants must therefore be anonymous. And it follows from both of the above that civil servants cannot be held accountable for the success or otherwise of government policy, for otherwise their public explanations could contain criticisms of their political masters.