Join me this week as we continue learning 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)

Jonathan C.R., Bokassa’s bloody past relived in steamy African courtroom(1987)

Kelechi Chika Ubaku, Chikezie Anyalewachi Emeh, Kelechi Collins Okoro - Imperialism and Underdevelopment in Post-Independence Africa: Focus on Central African Republic (2015)

Khalid Elhassan, 10 Little Known Criminals Who Committed History’s Worst Crimes (2018)

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)