The Central African Empire was the name of the Central African Republic when president Jean-Bédel Bokassa declared himself Emperor Bokassa in 1977. Bokassa spent over 20 million dollars, a quarter of the country's annual income, on his coronation ceremony. The name Central African Republic was restored in 1979 when Bokassa was ousted in a French-backed coup d'état.

History of the Central African Republic | Former countries in Africa | Historical African monarchies | Empires

中央アフリカ帝国 | Centraal-Afrikaans Keizerrijk | Cesarstwo Środkowoafrykańskie | 中非帝國