Long before he became president and then emperor, Bokassa had served as a French soldier in Saigon, Vietnam, where he married a local girl who gave him a daughter, Martine. Fortunes for mother and ...

Its first President David Dacko was overthrown in 1966 by Jean-Bedel Bokassa, who crowned himself emperor in an extravagant coronation in 1977 that saw marching bands, a gold carriage and Mr ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. President Jean Bokassa of Central Africa Republic salutes a dance troupe an arrival in ...