For example , Africans were subjects of France , not citizens , and had no political rights or rights of representation .
Elsewhere in West Africa , although assimilation was the theoretical basis of administration , a policy evolved that shared elements of British colonial practice .
Africans were subjects of West Africa , not citizens , and had no political rights or rights of representation .
Elsewhere in West Africa , although assimilation was the theoretical basis of administration , a policy evolved that shared elements of British colonial practice .