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# The traditional chiefs were the old established elite.
# The traditional chiefs were the old established elite.
#There was a very small professional class with European educations, including doctors, lawyers and teachers. Also included were middle-level employees of the colonial bureaucracy.
#There was a very small professional class with European educations, including doctors, lawyers and teachers. Also included were middle-level employees of the colonial bureaucracy.
#Soldiers in the colonial armies; the highest rank was usually sergeant. Many had traveled during the world wars and had both technical training and cosmopolitan outlooks. They moved up rapidly after independence.
#Soldiers in the colonial armies; the highest rank was usually sergeant. Many had traveled during the world wars and had both technical training and [[cosmopolitan]] outlooks. They moved up rapidly after independence.
# An aspiring middle class who operated small businesses. They competed with immigrants from India and the Middle East. Large businesses were run by Europeans (or in some cases by immigrants from India or Lebanon). They had little capital and depended on selling products that fir native tastes, like local foods. They seldom dealt in international trade.
# An aspiring middle class who operated small businesses. They competed with immigrants from India and the Middle East. Large businesses were run by Europeans (or in some cases by immigrants from India or Lebanon). They had little capital and depended on selling products that fir native tastes, like local foods. They seldom dealt in international trade.
# A rapidly growing clerical element, usually with a high school education from missionary or state schools. Many were office clerks who worked for international firms and picked up organizational and language skills.
# A rapidly growing clerical element, usually with a high school education from missionary or state schools. Many were office clerks who worked for international firms and picked up organizational and language skills.