What a chace that I came by this story. My mom is half African and half Vietnamese. She was born in 1952. She does not know her father. He left when she was 2 years old. All she knows is he was soldier for the French. I often think about what he is like, is he alive or dead. I wonder if you can help. Is a long shot but I want to give it a shot. Thanks and hope to hear from you.

Vietnamese here. Great content from this channel. I love to learn about stories and history of Francophone Afrique countries, as we share very similar history against French colonialism. Viet, Algeri and many Africans fought together in WW1, we faced the same racism, our kings exiled to each other countries, and there were a great deal of immigration, cultural exchange stories going on that were untold. With today independence, I hope former-French Afrique countries to never forget our dark history and find path to greater stability, prosperity and development.

It is sad that Africa had a terrible leaders in the past and still continue to have a terrible leaders today.

This story is savage. Needs to be turned into a movie or a mini series.

The narration was beautiful. I enjoyed hearing a well-researched story in an African accent I can identify with. Keep it up.

I don’t know you, but I want to let you know that you are doing an amazing job bringing us our history. Excellent narration; keep it up brother

Child... If y'all don't make a movie out of this!!! My blood pressure is all the way up. This was a Nollywood and a telenovela rolled all into 1. Tew much

Atleast he didnt forget his daughter

My family told me the story about his daughter when I was young. My grandfather was part of the people directed by the French Consulate in Vietnam to find the daughter. But they knew they didn't need to find the real one.

This is a story that hollywood can turned into a good movie instead of the rubbish that get release nowadays.

I heard of this story when I was young in Vietnam and wondered what happened to those Vietnamese daughters of Bokassa. Thanks for the story

The narration of this story is beautiful..yet the story itself is beyond frightening and brutal

African history is very interesting, it's a shame it's not more popular in the west.

An uncle of a child hood friend of mine has children in vietnam; I don't think he ever saw them after he left from over there. Unfortunately, that happened a lot; at least Bokassa tried to do the right thing for what he thought was his daughter.

Wow. I didn't know Bokassa story was this deep. i was 9 years old when he declared himself emperor on that solid gold throne. Very good documentary with some great info.

AMANI KAKA!!! IT ALWAYS FASCINATES ME WITH SO MANY OF US BEING CRAZY AND EGOTISTICAL, INSTEAD OF BEING WISE AND WORKING FOR ALL OF US TOGETHER!!! PEACE AND BLESSINGS TO YOU AND YOURS BROTHER!!!

It'd be really ironic if the fake Mateen was really his biological daughter.

BEAUTIFUL NARRATION MY BROTHER. Your told it in 3D. Poor Governance has been a common system in African political history i see. its sad.

I don't know how I got to this video but I'm glad I've watched it, very interesting story, great editing and narration

You are a brilliant story teller, I am learning lots from watching your video's. I guess like most people I've heard there was an Emperor but know very little about him or the events of the time. The killing of the baby was wrong and really upsetting.

I will never forget this story. Very interesting. This world is full of many more like that

Anyone ever run a dna test on the real Martine to see if she was actually his daughter?

Bokassa: Plan a welcome for my daughter, try not to be too extra Planners:

This is the story of a very wicked man. The question is: so after this level of sickening wickedness, he still died?

Bokassa was a freaking tyrant and a beast, who killed anyone who stands in his way. He proclaimed himself emperor, that was no royal in ( Centrafrique ). Wondering between him and Idi Amin who was worse. Sad that the African continent will never progress because of the mentality, a continent full of natural resources.

Whenever I hear the name Bokassa I remember his grand coronation as emperor which few diplomats attended 😭💀

I remember my dad reading his story in a magazine when I was young. They had a picture of him with a statue or chair of a golden Eagle and all I can remember was that he was a very ruthless man who killed people. I am surprised that after over 40years, I was struck with fear when I saw his name and his picture just as I did when my dad told us about him.... (he loved politics and I learnt a lot about different world leaders from a young age from him.🥰)

this channel tells very interesting stories, thanks!

Massive respect from London this channel is incredible,I hope you continue to drop videos and grow

I wonder if they do a DNA test now would it show the "real" daughter is even related.

This is a fascinating part of history and I was there. I was following the investigation by Trang Den newspaper and they did a great job. I was in high school then. Even I did no believe it at the time. After, I was surprised that Bokassa adopted the fake Martine. For years I wonder what happened to the 2 women.

The story was accurate as possible I was young be I remembered the event. I am one of the very few alive from the youth leadership who opposed the emperor many of our youth had been killed. Our weakness is our disunity, Our really enemy is the West ( France in the case of all African French speaking countries) and Bokassa the symptom of it. Thank you

This was an entertaining story and very well narrated too. I really enjoyed this.

It's too hard to swallow. Too brutal and extremely inhumane.

i love learning new history thank you for this great program

I thought i knew a lot about history but this Bokassa guy is a character, WOW. thanks for the well made video.

I died at him calling them fake and real Martine 😂😂😂😂😂😂

Jean Bédel Bokassa, probably the most sadistic dictator central Africa has known so far. I wonder how advanced the Central African Republic would be today, if it were not for his reign of utter misery and terror.

African history, by Africans and for the world. Subscribed!

You guys should do some internet research on his Taiwanese daughter. Her story of as tragic as this one. Thanks God she seems to have recovered form her life's trauma now.

Brilliantly told, a video worth watching. I knew nothing about (Bokassa's Vietnamese Children). It has given me a good start in understanding. I have subscribed.

Very good narration. Brief, informative and interesting. Thumbs up👍

This is an incredible story. Definitely a thumbs up 👍🏻

This should be a movie🙌🙌🙌❤️❤️❤️😭😭😭😭

Great video, samdam hussan also killed his two inlaw for ploting to overthrow him. It seems like in-laws are enemies

This was a great Africa history lesson. I am proud of how far Africa has come.

Bokassa, one of fools inaugurated by France.

This was like real life "Africa's Game of Thrones"

I'm crying over the false Martine and her baby. They should have been spared!! It was so wrong to kill them. Crying.

I follow this channel in the past and recently subscribed..I find your channel very informative! Thanks, for posting, from a different perspective, the stories behind the history we have never heard..

Damn that was heavy. New subscriber thank you bro.

I love the narration and the history

That was wild. Subscribed.

There was no need for him to have the child killed. He should have just exiled them.

If only he knew what Napoleon thought of Africans...

Francophone country must dismantle their French identity to be free of colonial imperialism

Bokassa's son by way of his African queen, was of course the crown prince. He was no stranger to the gendarmerie in Paris growing up in the 80s/90s.... Often arrested for petty crime and theft as a teen. I hear he cleaned up though, and went home to CAR.

This so horrible. So much unnecessary death. There should be a miniseries Netflix exposing this

this is all so fascinating how has Netflix not made a whole series about this man (or any of these tyrannical African leaders) lives?

Trust me...you have never been embarrassed in your life like Bokassa

I've heard about Bokasa and everything that he did, but I NEVER heard of this! Why not?! This is a crazy story honestly. It's like a telenovela. So much drama. Wow.

In my opinion, the tragedy is not that Bokassa fought for France (he was a soldier like many after all and France was ruling), but that he identified to much with France because they provided him Power and Privillege, and just to become an Insane and heartless Ruler. But that was the Post-Colonial plan at the beginning anyway. That is why I believe Pan Africanism can only have a chance with the Mindset of the educated social conscious young generation Leaders who have the Balls to Re-Negotiate new Trade Terms with Europe and China, so that more wealth stays in Africa to educate and provide health care for as many People as possible.

The narration on point 👏🏽👏🏽😂

This man is narrating as if he was there

Great story telling skills, the multiple ads placed on the middle of the video were such an irritation though, they played every split second...

Really good. Thanks for this.

Wow! What a story and powerful narration. 👍🏾

Beautiful story.i love them Vietnamese people.

Damn. You butchered the Vietnamese lady name to the death and back.

Reality is stranger than fiction

Ugandan ...This voice and narration is so Ugandan .well done.keep it up

He killed the adopted daughter WOW

Wow this was so interesting. You literally couldn't make this story up.

Learning a lot from your content

How can some people be pure evil? :(

Crazy story. Thanks for sharing

Thank you for this piece of history.

This is legit epic

Great content. Keep up the good work.

I smell an oscar here in this story.

This should be a movie

Speak on how North Korean soldiers were alleged to have fought in Africa as training. Im not sure how true it is but i would be interested

great story! it should be turn into a movie! wow!

Interesting story, indeed. What a fantastic narration! Is there a movie for this intriguing story?

The real Martine went through a lot just to have no association with Bokassa in the end

After visiting Romania, where he fell in love with a Romanian woman, he proposes to Ceaușescu to send the Romanian woman to him in exchange for 10% of the diamond production and the concession of several lands. 2 years fooling Bokkasa to offer for 15 years, 10% of Romania's diamond production, managing to disappear in 2 years in France with 2 bags full of diamonds!

wow. sheer craziness here. thanks for this

The narration sounds so Ugandan

wow, thank you for this history

Keep up the good work ✊☘️

Great work.

Wow what a life story

Holly fuck. This should be a movie

Thank you for sharing this is an interesting story to know.

She’s gorgeous

This guy's whole life reads like a theatre sketch I swear 😕

Hmm great documentary. 🙏🏿👍🏾 Subscribed

This Medal of HONOR bearer left his family because he was sent home and had dozens more children then years later remembered them (his true wife and child).

France... caused so much damage and trauma in this world...

I collect villain names to a list of top bad guys names of all time, and my friend "jean-bédel bokassa" has just made it into my list. 🤣