Who was Robert Mugabe?
He was born on 21 February 1924 in what was then Rhodesia – a British colony, run by its white minority.After criticizing the government of Rhodesia in 1964 he was imprisoned for more than a decade without trial.
In 1973, while still in prison, he was chosen as president of the Zimbabwe African National Union (Zanu), of which he was a founding member.
He died far from home, bitter, lonely, and humiliated – an epic life, with the shabbiest of endings.
Robert Mugabe embodied Africa’s struggle against colonialism – in all its fury and its failings.He was a courageous politician, imprisoned for daring to defy white-minority rule.
Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean independence icon turned authoritarian leader, has died aged 95.Mr Mugabe had been receiving treatment in a hospital in Singapore since April. He was ousted in a military coup in 2017 after 37 years in power.
The former president was praised for broadening access to health and education for the black majority.But later years were marked by violent repression of his political opponents and Zimbabwe’s economic ruin.
Here are some of his famous quotes :
