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Jean-Bédel Bokassa: From Coup Leader to Self-Proclaimed Emperor
TLDR Jean-Bédel Bokassa seized power in a coup in 1965, crowned himself emperor, and ruled the Central African Republic with brutality, including ordering the killing of schoolchildren. He was eventually removed from power, tried for treason and murder, and served time in prison before being pardoned and released.
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The last episode of The Rest is History of 2021 discusses Jean-Bédel Bokassa, the leader of the Central African Republic who later crowned himself emperor.
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Jean-Bédel Bokassa launches a coup in 1965, arresting the president but keeping him alive, and addresses the public on Radio Bangui.
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Jean-Bédel Bokassa launches a coup in 1965, arresting the president but keeping him alive, and addresses the public on Radio Bangui.
09:32
Jean-Bédel Bokassa's coronation cost a third of his country's annual budget and he later ordered the killing of about 100 children in response to students protesting against a law requiring them to wear uniforms made in a factory owned by one of his wives.
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Jean-Bédel Bokassa was eventually removed from power by the French and later tried for treason and murder, found guilty of the murder of schoolchildren, sentenced to death but had his sentence commuted to life in solitary confinement, was eventually pardoned and released in 1993, and died in 1996.
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18:42
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21:50
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