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One such évolué, Blaise Diagne, decided to rise up and represent his people.  (lecture, 1/17/01)  French school educated, Diagne worked for the French government all over the world as a customs clerk and even married a white French woman.  Yet, white colonials wanted to keep their power so they passed up Diagne for promotions time and time again.  Diagne became Deputy of Senegal in 1914 because the French had given the Senegalese voting rights as French citizens and the French-Africans could, therefore, choose their own representation.  Diagne became such a threat to white colonial power though his policies of race equality while he occupied the office that the white colonials drafted the Bordeaux Compromise in 1923.  Diagne signed this document agreeing to halt criticizing the white settlers in exchange for political support.  Although this document compromised Diagne, the Bordeaux Compromise also shows how Assimilation failed to keep the Senegalese under a racial hierarchy. Using Assimilation, the white colonials in Senegal lost much of their power as they allowed a man of African descent to control their government in an African colony.

The French policy of Assimilation began as an excellent tool for many European countries to secure white colonial power in during the “Scramble” (1880-1900) for African colonies.  By using the Assimilation practices of conversion to Christianity, schooling and granting citizenship rights to the Africans and other tactics these white colonials quickly increased their reign in Africa to include over 100 million subjects.  (lecture, 1/10/02)  Contrary to goals of white colonial, these practices of Assimilation eventually led to the strengthening of the African people who would consistently challenge white colonial power all over Africa in the decades following the “Scramble.”
Other methods of government like “Indirect Rule” were used by the white colonials in hopes of holding on to their dominion of the native Africans.  However, ideas of equality had already spread from tribe to tribe as a result of Assimilation practices and this just added to problems white colonials faced as few native Africans were happy with living under white colonial rule.

Today, one can recognize the traces these practices of Assimilation have left on Africa.  Christianity has won over a 140 million followers in Africa and even has many of its own African sects like Kimbanguism, a popular church in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.  (lecture, 1/22/02)  Furthermore, educated Africans are leading revolutions, creating democratic governments and creating economies in Africa.  One way to see the how the education the colonials provided affected Africa is to look at the great African authors that were cited in this paper: Tabitha Kanogo, Ferdinand Oyono and, especially, Chinua Achebe.  The policy of Assimilation may not have helped the white colonials hold onto their power, but Assimilation has helped the African people gain ground on the European nations politically and academically during the 20th century.