The creation and impact of British colonial armies in Africa
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Two British colonial armies in Africa----the West African Frontier Force and the King's African Rifles----formed the basis for the independent armies of Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Malawi, and Zambia. The new governments directly inherited the soldiers and officers of these colonial forces. Decisions made by the British in shaping these colonial forces influenced the post-independence histories of these nations. The rank and file and native colonial officer corps were ethnically biased, not representative of the general population of the colonies. The British argued that the soldiers that made up the rank and file were drawn from the Martial and Hamitic Races of Africa, since these groups were claimed to be natural soldiers. Instead, I argue, these groups came from the margins of both the territory and economy of the colony. Commissioned native officers came from groups with a higher missionary presence. Missionaries were the main providers of colonial education so that these groups could respond to the educational needs of command. The unbalanced officer corps impacted the early histories of these African nations. If the government engaged in actions that hurt the political standing of groups that made up a large proportion of the officer corps, coups occurred. If the officer corps was small, or the government only exploited groups that were minorities in the officer corps, coups did not occur.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2019; ©2019 |
| Publication date | 2019; 2019 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Brooks, Andrew Scott |
|---|---|
| Degree supervisor | Laitin, David D |
| Degree supervisor | Weinstein, Jeremy M |
| Thesis advisor | Laitin, David D |
| Thesis advisor | Weinstein, Jeremy M |
| Thesis advisor | Blaydes, Lisa, 1975- |
| Degree committee member | Blaydes, Lisa, 1975- |
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Political Science. |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
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| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Andrew Brooks. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Political Science. |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2019. |
| Location | electronic resource |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2019 by Andrew Scott Brooks
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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