InsightTo realise its dreams of North African hegemony, France wielded ethnic and cultural diversity as a weapon and engineered sectarian discord to achieve its colonial goals. North Africa saw heavy use of this technique under French colonial rule to strengthen its grip on countries, according to a broad range of historical and expert sources. France colonised Morocco in 1912, after signing a Protectorate agreement that saw the Sultan of Morocco acede authority to France. To achieve this, French colonial authorities took every measure to “incite conflict between tribes with historical grievances, to distract their true enemy,” says Munjib. French colonial administrations managed to achieve their intended goals, but it would backfire on them in time.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 12, 2020 09:33 UTC