▁polity . ▁ ▁French ▁rule , ▁sometimes ▁l abeled ▁Jacob in , ▁was ▁said ▁in ▁these ▁writ ings ▁to ▁be ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁tw in ▁ide ologies ▁of ▁the ▁central ized ▁unit ary ▁French ▁government ▁of ▁the ▁Metro pole , ▁with ▁the ▁French ▁colonial ▁ide ology ▁of ▁Ass im ilation . ▁Col onial ▁Ass im ilation ▁argued ▁that ▁French ▁law ▁and ▁citizens hip ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁universal ▁values ▁that ▁came ▁from ▁the ▁French ▁Revolution . ▁Mir ror ing ▁French ▁domestic ▁citizens hip ▁law , ▁French ▁colonial ▁law ▁allowed ▁for ▁anyone ▁who ▁could ▁prove ▁themselves ▁cult ur ally ▁French ▁( the ▁" É vol ués ") ▁to ▁become ▁equal ▁French ▁citizens . ▁ ▁In ▁French ▁West ▁Africa , ▁only ▁parts ▁of ▁the ▁Sen eg al ese ▁" F our ▁Comm unes " ▁ever ▁extended ▁French ▁citizens hip ▁outside ▁a ▁few ▁educated ▁African ▁el ite . ▁This ▁was ▁contrast ed ▁with ▁British ▁Ind irect ▁Rule , ▁which ▁never ▁for es aw ▁subject ▁Prote ctor ates ▁becoming ▁leg ally ▁assim il ated ▁into ▁" the ▁home ▁nations ". ▁ ▁While ▁making ▁more ▁subt le ▁dist in ctions , ▁this ▁model ▁of ▁direct ▁versus ▁indirect ▁rule ▁was ▁dominant ▁in ▁academ ia ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁until ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s . ▁ ▁Academ ics ▁since ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s ▁have ▁problem at ised ▁the ▁Direct ▁versus ▁Ind irect ▁Rule ▁dich ot omy , ▁arg uing ▁the ▁systems ▁were ▁in ▁practice ▁inter ming led ▁in ▁both ▁British ▁and