A system of administration which allowed traditional rulers to rule their people under the supervision of the British officials in West Africa is?

A. divide and rule
B. colonization
C. indirect rule
D. assimilation

Correct Answer: Option C

C. indirect rule

Explanation

Indirect Rule is the system of government in which the traditional structures of the local people were employed in the administration of the British overseas territories in West Africa. Indirect rule was a system of governance used by the British and French to control parts of their colonial empires, particularly in Africa and Asia, through pre-existing indigenous power structures. These dependencies were often called “protectorates” or “trucial states”. Traditional rulers were used as intermediaries between the British and their colonies.