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Flashy Bokassa
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In 1977, Jean Bedel Bokassa crowned himself Emperor Bokassa I of the Central African Empire. The ceremony, which cost about $200 million, bankrupted the country's economy. He was eventually deposed and sentenced to life imprisonment for murder.
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Book:
Horrible but True
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Section:
History
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Chapter:
History's Tyrants
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