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The French policy of assimilation aimed to turn African peoples into French citizens by substituting their indigenous cultures and adopting French culture, language, law, and religion. The policy was most successful in coastal areas of Senegal, where some Africans received full French citizenship rights by the late 1800s. However, the policy faced resistance and could not be effectively applied in interior regions. By 1905, France had abandoned assimilation in favor of an association policy due to the polic

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