Mugabe: Liberation hero turned tyrant

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• Robert Mugabe born in 1924, son of a village carpenter, 65km west of Harare
  
• Mugabe became teacher, later studied Marx, inspired by Mahatma Gandhi
  
• He became political activist and was jailed for 10 years by regime of Ian Smith
  
• Came to power in 1980 after 7-year bush war for black rule
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