ideas have generally not been studied by successive Central African leaders. Historian Klaas van Walraven wrote, "his contemporary significance may lie precisely in the memory of his comportment and the widespread ignorance of his ideas". Historiography Historian Georges Chaffard described Boganda as "the most prestigious and the most capable of Equatorial political men", while Prunier called him "probably the most gifted and most inventive of French Africa's decolonization generation of politicians". Historian Brian Titley suggested that Boganda's death "robbed the country of a charismatic leader" able to maintain legitimacy and in the long term facilitated General Bokassa's overthrow of Dacko and subsequent military takeover in 1966. Boganda's life has some presence in French language histography, but much of what has been written about his biographical details, especially by Central African authors, is hagiographic in nature. His ideas and speeches have been more thoroughly incorporated into general analyses of political philosophies. Boganda is rarely mentioned in English historiography, and where he is included it is generally within the context of his Pan-African project of the United States of Latin Africa. Notes References Works cited Further reading 1910 births 1959 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic priests Central African Republic pan-Africanists Central African Republic Roman Catholics Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur Civil rights activists Deputies of the 1st National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic Deputies of the 1st National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic Deputies of the 2nd National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic Deputies of the 3rd National Assembly of the French Fourth Republic Flag designers French colonial governors and administrators Central African Republic independence activists Laicized Roman Catholic priests Mbaka people Movement for the Social Evolution of Black Africa politicians People from Lobaye People of French Equatorial Africa Prime Ministers of the Central African Republic State leaders killed in aviation accidents or incidents Unsolved deaths Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1959 Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in the Central African Republic