The specter of Emperor Bokassa still looms large ... president for life saw fit to spend tens of millions of dollars on a coronation ceremony modeled on that of Napoleon, complete with gilded ...

Bokassa declared himself president after seizing power in a 1966 coup and proclaimed himself emperor six years later ... the gross national product, on a coronation in Napoleonic style and ...

Jean-Bédel Bokassa crowned himself Emperor of the Central African Republic in a lavish ceremony on the 4th of December 1977. Show more Jean-Bédel Bokassa crowned himself Emperor of the Central ...

In the nightmare of the strife-torn Central African Republic, many citizens have begun to long for the "good old days" of Jean-Bedel Bokassa, the emperor ...

Bokassa's tendency for self-aggrandizement culminated in 1977 when he named himself emperor and orchestrated a coronation in the style of Napoleon's. He was overthrown by French paratroopers in 1979 ...

I’d like to share with The Vindicator readers my reply to 47’s invitation to his coronation this month ... In closing, Emperor #47, may I quote the famous but quite appropriate line ...

A GRIM and sometimes colourful chapter in the history of the Central African Republic has ended with the death of its former self-styled emperor, Jean-Bedel Bokassa. The flamboyant ex-leader ...

Jean-Bédel Bokassa crowned himself Emperor of the Central African Republic in a lavish ceremony on the 4th of December 1977. He'd already been President for several years since taking power in a ...