Who is Robert Mugabe?
Robert Mugabe was the ex president of Zimbabwe he controlled Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017. Robert Mugabe was born February 21, 1924, in Kutama, Zimbabwe. His parents Gabriel Mugabe Matibiri (Father), and Bona Mugabe (Mother). Mugabe’s father was a carpenter. He went to work at a Jesuit mission in South Africa when Mugabe was just a small boy. Mugabe’s mother was a teacher, she was left alone to help Mugabe and his three siblings Michael, and Donato Mugabe.When Mugabe was a child he helped out with the family’s cows and making money through small jobs.
Robert Mugabe attended the University of Fort Hare, South Africa, and the Kutama College where his beliefs has led …show more content…
Mugabe faced growing unrest in the late 1990s. A failing economy and his decision to send troops to assist President Laurent Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in this fight against rebels led to strikes, and in November 1998 riots occurred following Mugabe’s announcement that he and members of his cabinet would pay increases.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, LEGACY, AND IMPORTANCE:
Robert Mugabe holds number of degrees and doctorates from international universities, all of which were presented to him through the 1980s. Mugabe was elected as a UN Leader of Tourism.Robert Mugabe wrote an article for the 1982 britannica Book of the year (events of 1981) detailing the black majority’s struggle for independence.
Robert Mugabe started off by being one of Zimbabwe’s heroes but how did he end up as a “dictator?”
Robert Mugabe became prime minister of Zimbabwe in 1980 to 1987 and became president of Zimbabwe in 1987 to 2017. Angered that Southern Rhodesia was a British colony governed by a white minority Mugabe wanted independence for his country so Mugabe joined Marxism and joined African nationalist protests calling for an independent black-led state He carefully took part in the peace negotiations brokered by the United Kingdom that resulted in the Lancaster House Agreement. The agreement dismantled white minority rule and resulted in the 1980 general election, at which Mugabe led ZANU-PF to