hɪz ɐdmˈɪnɪstɹˌeɪɾɪv ænd ˌɛθnəɡɹˈæfɪk ɛkspˈiəɹɪəns ᵻvˈɛntʃuːəli tˈʊk hˌɪm ɪn ɐ dᵻɹˈɛkʃən ɐdˈɑːptᵻd baɪ fjˈuː nˈɔːɹθˈæfɹɪkənbˈɔːɹn fɹˈɛntʃmɛn ɔːɹ baɪ kəlˈoʊnɪəl ɐdmˈɪnɪstɹˌeɪɾɚz: hiː kˈeɪm ˈaʊt ɪn fˈeɪvɚɹ ʌv ˌɪndᵻpˈɛndəns.
His administrative and ethnographic experience eventually took him in a direction adopted by few North-African-born Frenchmen or by colonial administrators: he came out in favour of independence.