Ancien journaliste au Monde, Jean-Pierre Tuquoi est l’auteur de plusieurs ouvrages dont Notre ami Ben Ali (avec N. Beau, La Découverte, 1999), Le dernier roi (Grasset, 2001), Majesté, je dois beaucoup à votre père (Albin Michel, 2006), Paris-Marrakech (avec A. Amar, Calmann-Lévy, 2012).
Jean-Pierre Tuquoi tells us the incredible story of an invented country from the time the name Oubangui-Chari was chosen by the French colonists in 1905, to the Central Africa of today.
Following independence in 1960, there were several coups d’état and the region passed through various hands including those of Bokassa. The influence of the old colonist remained omnipresent as did the insatiable appetite for mining concessions.
Following lengthy, meticulous research – a mixture of reports, interviews and reading – Jean Pierre Tuquoi tells a surprising story tinged with melancholy; the improbable, stranger than fiction story of Oubangui-Chari.
Jean-Pierre Tuquoi a former journalist at the Monde, is the author of several works including, Notre ami Ben Ali (with N. Beau, La Découverte, 1999), Le Dernier Roi (Grasset 2001), Majesté, je dois beaucoup à votre père (Albin Michel, 2006), Paris-Marrakech (with A. Amar, Calmann-Lévy, 2012).