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Central African Republic became independent on 13 Aug. 1960, after having been one of the four territories of French Equatorial Africa. A Constitution of 1976 provided for the country to be a parliamentary democracy to be known as the Central African Empire. President Bokassa became Emperor Bokassa I. He was overthrown in 1979. In 1981 General André Kolingba took power, initiating a gradual return to constitutional rule.
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Kalck, P., Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic. Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, (NJ), 1992.
—Central African Republic. [Bibliography] ABC-Clio, Oxford and Santa Barbara (CA), 1993
Titley, B., Dark Age: The Political Odyssey of Emperor Bokassa. McGill-University Press, Montreal, 1997
National statistical office: Division des Statistiques, des Etudes Economiques et Sociales, BP 696, Bangui.
Website (French only): http://www.stat-centrafrique.com
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Turner, B. (2005). Central African Republic. In: Turner, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Yearbook. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271340_142
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