▁called ▁“ The ▁D ual ▁Mand ate ▁in ▁Trop ical ▁Africa ,” ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁the ▁British , ▁Ind irect ▁Rule ▁was ▁a ▁political ▁doctrine ▁which ▁held ▁that ▁the ▁Europe ans ▁and ▁Afr icans ▁were ▁cult ur ally ▁different ▁to ▁this ▁extent , ▁Afr icans ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁ruled ▁through ▁the ▁Afr icans ▁own ▁institution . ▁To ▁achieve ▁this ▁objective : ▁ ▁Chief s ▁continued ▁to ▁exercise ▁their ▁traditional ▁powers ▁over ▁their ▁subjects ; ▁ ▁Chief s ▁were ▁appointed ▁for ▁areas ▁with ▁no ▁chief s ; ▁and ▁ ▁As pect s ▁of ▁traditional ▁government ▁rep ug nant ▁to ▁“ Europe an ▁ideas ▁of ▁what ▁constit uted ▁government ▁were ▁modified .” ▁e . g . ▁the ▁abol ition ▁of ▁human ▁sacrifice . ▁But ▁the ▁truth ▁and ▁fact ▁is ▁that ▁African ▁sch ol ars ▁have ▁recently ▁ref uted ▁the ▁British ▁reasons ▁ad du ced ▁to ▁explain ▁the ▁underlying ▁reason ▁for ▁the ▁introduction ▁of ▁indirect ▁rule . ▁Con tr ary ▁to ▁the ▁British ▁conception , ▁it ▁has ▁been ▁cont ended ▁that ▁the ▁main ▁reason ▁was ▁economic ▁and ▁not ▁differences ▁in ▁culture . ▁ ▁It ▁has ▁been ▁pointed ▁out ▁that ▁the ▁British ▁were ▁not ▁prepared ▁to ▁pay ▁for ▁colonial ▁administration , ▁though ▁interested ▁in ▁explo iting ▁the ▁colon ies ; ▁neither ▁had ▁ ▁got ▁enough ▁resources ▁to ▁fin ance ▁it . ▁This ▁economic ▁question ▁couple d ▁with ▁the ▁short age ▁of ▁or ▁lack ▁of ▁White ▁personnel ▁in ▁Africa ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁convinced ▁the ▁British ▁that ▁it ▁would ▁be ▁che aper ▁to ▁use ▁the ▁traditional ▁institutions ▁to ▁achieve