Why did he crown himself emperor?

>>1987525
Again ? We had this thread 12h ago

>>1987538
Nobody answered my question. It just derailed into the usual shitposting. I'm genuinely interested in a solid answer.

But /his/ probably does not even care about African history...

>>1987525
because black man likes bling bling

>>1987545
He was most likely just wanted to be a 2nd black Napoléon:
Same coronation day
Same Company makes his Clothes

>>1987525
Nigga, who DOESN'T want to be emperor?

>>1987525
He was fucking insane and had no regard for the lives of his cointrymen.

>>1987525
He just wanted to become Napoopan.

>>1987525
He was a manchild who dreamed of being like his hero Napoleon. He thought that crowning himself would make him a renowned world leader. The guy thought that the Pope would come to his coronation for fucks sake. I dont think he was insane, just extremely naive and lacking in understanding of economy, politics, international relations and everything else related to statecraft. He thought he was a great man destined to have a place in history alongside the likes of Alexander and Napoleon,he couldnt see that he was just another little dictator of some backwater tribal country that no one cared about.

>>1987763
2nd?

>>1989441
/bread

>>1989451
oui wuz le kangz

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I´m derailing this thread into a Sankara thread because fuck yes

>>1987525
Why did some random black guy decide he was the king of scotland because drugs

>>1989451
Jean Jacques Dessalines. A black slave who beat an army of the real Napoleon and crowned himself emperor of Haiti