This would then lead to an indirect rule in the respective colony.

Even by British standards, the chiefs were not given enough power to be effective instruments of indirect rule.

It was based on the principle of indirect rule.

Historically, the British used indirect rule to their advantage to control and exploit territories.

After 1914, the north was permitted a system of indirect rule under authoritarian leaders, while in the south the British exercised control directly.

During this period, the colonial government favored indirect rule, which allowed the British to govern through indigenous leaders.

He believed in a policy of indirect rule, to "build up a more modern society on the traditions of the people".

However, the differences between direct and indirect rule "was a legal rather than a practical one1".

This system of indirect rule illustrates what the disjunction between political and administrative control.

Policies varied between strict assimilation and indirect rule in each of the colonies.