Word: dahomey
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Dahomey, Dec. 22; Central African Republic, Jan 1; Upper Volta...
...Moral Cleanup." That three regimes fell in less than two weeks underscored the fact that political independence has not turned out to be the panacea many Africans had dreamed it would be. Dahomey, the C.A.R. and Upper Volta are all pitifully poor, lack the mineral deposits and rich soil necessary to lift the standard of living much above the bare minimums their populations had endured for years. Unable to do much for the people, the politicians unwisely did what they could for themselves. Dahomey's first President built a $3,000,000 palace; the Upper Volta...
Trends form fast in Africa, and Dahomey seemed to set a pattern last week in two nearby countries...
Once in power, Dahomey's Soglo and the C.A.R.'s Bokassa immediately broke relations with the Red Chinese, whom they accused of meddling in domestic affairs. Colonel Bokassa claimed to have found evidence that the Red Chinese had been planning a coup against the government, and summarily packed the entire 32-man embassy staff on a Brazzaville-bound airliner...
...putting up the ousted kin in his own house. In Upper Volta, former President Yaméogo praised the coup. "Contrary to what people may think," said he in a broadcast speech, "my ministers and I are the first to rejoice in the way things have been settled." In Dahomey, not a shot was fired, nor were more than a handful of politicians placed under arrest. The only deaths in the three military takeovers came in the C.A.R. where eight people died, including a government television station guard who threatened to fire his bow and arrow...