Tax collectors
As the Europeans established government rule in Africa, they started to collect taxes from Africans. To appeal to the people and make them believe that the money was going into development for their benefit, they employed fellow Africans who were trained and sent out to collect tax money and document in the tax payer’s books. The Governor appointed tax collectors after the local chiefs submitted a list of persons they believed could do the work. Tax collectors had to be good with money and in mathematics even before training.
