Empire of Central #Africa: control was seized in 1966 by #JeanBedelBokassa and, just a decade later, he had himself declared #emperor with the republic as his own empire of #CentralAfrica.

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#JeanBédelBokassa was overthrown in a coup d'état #OnThisDay in 1979; 'Empereur' Bokassa's reign of terror in the #CentralAfricanRepublic even generated charges of #cannibalism, though his delusions of grandeur simply made him look ridiculous...
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Jean-Bédel Bokassa merupakan Presiden yang mentadbir negaranya secara diktator tak cukup jadi presiden dia isytihar dirinya sebagai Maharaja Afrika tengah 😱 #bokassa
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#OnThisDay in 1996, #JeanBédelBokassa, President (1966-76) and later Emperor (1976-79) of the Central African Republic, died of a #heartattack at 75.
#RIP ོ