Africa is famous for loonies - Robert Mugabe is but one example. Jean-Bédel Bokassa, however, is the King of African fruitcakes. In fact, Bokassa became Emperor Bokassa I (of African Fruitcakes) of the Central African Republic (during which time it was known as the Grand Empire of Central Africa). He also played electric guitar in the band Screwdriver from 1982-1986.
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| - Africa is famous for loonies - Robert Mugabe is but one example. Jean-Bédel Bokassa, however, is the King of African fruitcakes. In fact, Bokassa became Emperor Bokassa I (of African Fruitcakes) of the Central African Republic (during which time it was known as the Grand Empire of Central Africa). He also played electric guitar in the band Screwdriver from 1982-1986.
- Emperor Bokassa I also known as Salah Eddine Ahmed Bokassa and Jean-Bédel Bokassa was the military dictator from January 1, 1966 of the Central African Republic and from December 4, 1976 until his overthrow on September 20, 1979 the emperor of the Central African Empire. He is remembered for the brutal, arbitrary, brutal, corrupt and extravagant nature of his government while the people of the country he ruled lived in fear and poverty. The excesses of his regime are usually described as folies de grandeur.
- Jean-Bédel Bokassa (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ bedɛl bɔkasa]; 22 February 1921 – 2 November 1996, also known as Bokassa I of Central Africa and Salah Eddine Ahmed Bokassa) was the military ruler of the Central African Republic from 1 January 1966 and the Emperor of the Central African Empire from 4 December 1976 until he was overthrown on 20 September 1979.
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| - Bokassa during his reign as Emperor of the Central African Empire
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| - Catholicism, Islam briefly between September 1976 and December 1976
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| - Africa is famous for loonies - Robert Mugabe is but one example. Jean-Bédel Bokassa, however, is the King of African fruitcakes. In fact, Bokassa became Emperor Bokassa I (of African Fruitcakes) of the Central African Republic (during which time it was known as the Grand Empire of Central Africa). He also played electric guitar in the band Screwdriver from 1982-1986.
- Emperor Bokassa I also known as Salah Eddine Ahmed Bokassa and Jean-Bédel Bokassa was the military dictator from January 1, 1966 of the Central African Republic and from December 4, 1976 until his overthrow on September 20, 1979 the emperor of the Central African Empire. He is remembered for the brutal, arbitrary, brutal, corrupt and extravagant nature of his government while the people of the country he ruled lived in fear and poverty. The excesses of his regime are usually described as folies de grandeur.
- Jean-Bédel Bokassa (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ bedɛl bɔkasa]; 22 February 1921 – 2 November 1996, also known as Bokassa I of Central Africa and Salah Eddine Ahmed Bokassa) was the military ruler of the Central African Republic from 1 January 1966 and the Emperor of the Central African Empire from 4 December 1976 until he was overthrown on 20 September 1979.
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