The coronation of Bokassa I and Catherine as the Emperor and Empress of Central Africa took place on 4 December 1977 at a sports stadium in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Empire.

The coronation of Bokassa I and Catherine as the Emperor and Empress of Central Africa took place on 4 December 1977 at a sports stadium in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Empire.

Emperor of Central Africa (French: Empereur de Centrafrique) was the title used by Jean-Bédel Bokassa (as Bokassa I) from 4 December 1976 until his deposal in a French coup in September 1979.

The Coronation of Emperor Bokassa John H. Crabb On December 4, 1977, a very unusual event took place in the heart of Africa. This was the coronation of Emperor Bokassa of the appropriately named Central African Empire, with a pomp and style patterned in much detail after that of Emperor Napoleon I in 1804.1 It

The "friendly and fraternal" cooperation with France—according to Bokassa's own terms—reached its peak with the imperial coronation ceremony of Bokassa I on 4 December 1977. [40] The French Defence Minister sent a battalion to secure the ceremony; he also lent seventeen aircraft to Bokassa's government, and even assigned French Navy ...

Dec 19, 1977 · Two-year-old Crown Prince Jean-Bedel Bokassa, dressed in a white naval uniform, yawned occasionally during the ceremony and next day fell fast asleep at a postcoronation parade. Bangui’s tame...

Dec 5, 1977 · Emperor Bokassa, clad in an elaborate Roman‐style toga, entered the hall under the protection of troops armed with submachine guns. Poor, Landlocked Nation. An aim of the coronation, according to...

May 2, 2023 · Jean-Bédel Bokassa crowned himself Emperor of the Central African Republic in a lavish ceremony on 4 December 1977.

Dec 4, 2018 · Jean-Bédel Bokassa crowned himself Emperor of the Central African Republic in a lavish ceremony on the 4th of December 1977.

Attempting to emulate his idol, Napoleon Bonaparte, Bokassa had himself declared the Emperor of the Central African Republic. His coronation was unbelievably decadent: he spent some $20 million US dollars - more than a third of the country's national income - on the occasion.