Robert Gabriel Mugabe, the immediate past president of Zimbabwe, was in the league of South Africa’s Nelson Mandela in the race against colonialism. If not for his oppressive leadership style, his name would have remained indelible in the minds of Africans as a liberation icon.

He was born on 21 February 1924 in what was then Rhodesia – a British colony, run by its white minority.

In 1964, he was jailed for criticising the government, spending more than 10 years in prison without trial.

In 1973, while still in prison, he was chosen as president of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU). That prepared grounds for the revolution against white supremacists, which he led a few years later.

In 1980, Mugabe secured an overwhelming victory in the Republic of Zimbabwe’s first election in 1980. He served as Prime Minister from 1980 to 1987 and then as President from 1987 to 2017. That was the beginning of a pseudo-democratic leadership that got him poor international perceptions, with an increasing number of critics portraying him as a dictator.

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