CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. PREFACE V
3. CONTENTS XI
4. Introduction: The Indigenous Political Systems in West Africa 1
5. I. The Native Authority System in Nigeria 12
6. II. Local Administration in French Africa before 1939 35
7. III. Local Representation in Nigeria since 1945 62
8. IV. Postwar Representative Institutions in French Africa 88
9. V. The Nigerian Local Council System in Operation 119
10. VI. The Representative Bodies of French Africa in Operation 142
11. VII. The Traditional Authority and the Nigerian Local Council System 158
12. VIII. The Indigenous Authority and Local Administration in French Territory 172
13. IX. The Regional Government and Nigerian Local Administration 191
14. X. The French Administration and Local Government 210
15. XI. Local Government and the Nigerian Political Parties 221
16. XII. Local Government and the Political Parties in French Africa 233
17. XIII. Outline of the Future in French Africa 245
18. XIV. Retrospect and Prospect 267
19. Index 282