French cultural policy in Mauritania during the colonial period (1903-1960 AD), education is an example

Abstract

 This paper deals with an important aspect of French cultural policy in Mauritania, which is the French school, that grew up during the colonialism/resistance, identity/alienation and rejection/manipulation struggle. With the objectives of the stronger party and the adherence of the defeated one to his historical acquisitions represented in his identity and original education, the school became a continuation of the attempts to subjugate and resist. Accordingly, this paper tries to lookout how the French colonialist empowered his education and his language, as well as to consider the means, objectives, results and their impact on the colonized people, who were tied in their traditional education and did not receive an adequate colonial modern education.