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Dark age : the political odyssey of Emperor Bokassa

Author: E Brian Titley
Publisher: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1997.
Edition/Format:   Book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Dark Age recounts the turbulent political career of the late Jean-Bedel Bokassa, flamboyant president-for-life and later emperor of the Central African Republic/Empire. Brian Titley examines the myths and legends surrounding the man, probes their origins and veracity, and attempts to provide a more balanced perspective on this controversial and misunderstood figure." "Following a lengthy career in the French army,  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Biography
Named Person: Bokassa, Emperor of the Central African Empire; Bokassa, empereur de Centrafrique
Material Type: Biography
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: E Brian Titley
ISBN: 0773516026 9780773516021 0853237123 9780853237129
OCLC Number: 36340842
Description: xii, 257 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 24 cm.
Responsibility: Brian Titley.

Abstract:

"Dark Age recounts the turbulent political career of the late Jean-Bedel Bokassa, flamboyant president-for-life and later emperor of the Central African Republic/Empire. Brian Titley examines the myths and legends surrounding the man, probes their origins and veracity, and attempts to provide a more balanced perspective on this controversial and misunderstood figure." "Following a lengthy career in the French army, Bokassa seized power in the Central African Republic in 1966. His excesses soon became legendary: he was accused of cannibalism, feeding enemies to lions and crocodiles, and beating schoolchildren to death. Bokassa's tendency for self-aggrandizement culminated in 1977 when he named himself emperor and orchestrated a coronation based on Napoleon's. He was overthrown by French paratroopers in 1979 and went into exile, but returned to his homeland in 1985 to face a sensational trial." "Titley interprets Bokassa's authoritarian and self-aggrandizing style as an attempt to legitimize his regime in a context devoid of indigenous political structures and explores the troubled relations between France and its former colonies. Combining techniques of historical inquiry and investigative journalism, he has produced a fascinating account of a pivotal chapter in contemporary African history."--BOOK JACKET.

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