Join me this week as we learn about how the French created, sustained and eventually deposed, Africa’s first emperor; Jean-Bedel Bokassa.
Sources:
Amnesty International (Newsletter) (1987)
Brian Titley, Dark Age: The Political Odyssey of Emperor Bokossa (1997)
Jeremy Leudi, The Vietnamese daughters of an African emperor (2018)
Kelechi Chika Ubaku, Chikezie Anyalewachi Emeh, Kelechi Collins Okoro - Imperialism and Underdevelopment in Post-Independence Africa: Focus on Central African Republic (2015)
Leon Dash, Nightmares from Bokassa’s Empire (1979)
Silja Fröhlich, Africa and France: An unfulfilled dream of independence? (2020)
World Bank, Central African Republic Economic Update: Breaking the Cycle of Conflict and Instability (2018)
