Of all the dictators that this lovely continent of Africa has had to endure, none can surpass the eccentric Jean-Bédel Bokassa who was the President of the Central African Republic.
In December 1976 Bokassa proclaimed himself the emperor of his country and changed his title to Emperor Bokassa I , he also changed the name of his country from the Central African Republic to the Central African Empire.
He was crowned a year later—in a coronation that emulated that of his personal, Napoleon I. This lavish coronation ceremony would cost more than $20 million, one third of the CAE's annual budget and all of France's aid money for that year.
It is estimated that Bokassa fathered 54 children by various lovers, including Romanian, Tunisian, Gabonese, French, Vietnamese, and Belgian ladies.
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