Boganda is not only considered the hero and father of his nation but also as one of the great leaders of decolonization in Africa; the historian Georges Chaffard described him after his death as "the most prestigious and the most capable of Equatorial political men," while political historian Gérard Prunier called him "probably the most gifted and most inventive of French Africa's decolonization generation of politicians."
Boganda tidak hanya dianggap sebagai pahlawan dan bapak bangsanya tetapi juga salah seorang pemimpin besar dekolonisasi di Afrika; setelah Boganda wafat, sejarawan Georges Chaffard mendeskripsikan dia sebagai "yang paling bergengsi dan yang paling mampu dari orang-orang politik Ekuatorial", sementara sejarawan politik Gérard Prunier menyebutnya "mungkin yang paling berbakat dan paling inventif dari generasi politikus dekolonisasi Afrika Prancis".