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Jean-Bedel Bokassa, former captain of the French army, became Bokassa Emperor of Central Africa after a sumptuous and indecent coronation applauded by France.
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Was this man who was the first in Africa to appoint a woman Prime Minister just a sinister and bloodthirsty puppet? Without rehabilitating the dictator, this fascinating film paints a more nuanced portrait of him using previously unpublished testimonies. The one accused of cannibalism could sometimes be generous and humane although more often ridiculous, cruel and fanciful.
Jean-Bedel Bokassa is above all the extreme illustration of the excesses of the post-colonial relationship between France and its former African possessions.
Bokassa 1st, a Francafricaine story
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