(i) The West African Students' Union was not very much linked with the ordinary West African peoples as they centred most of their activities in London instead of West African towns and villages.
(ii) It was an elite group which was seeking benefits for its members
(iii) In the mid-1930s the trend of nationalism had shifted from inter-territorial to national to national consciousness in British West Africa.
(iv) It was a proto-nationalist movement and its method of operation was seen as conservativ e which did not appeal to the people in West Africa.
(v) It faced hierarchical/leadership difficulties.
(vii) Ineffective organisational mechanisms
(viii) Inadequate funding