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)