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Mugabe prisoner of history

The Nation Newspaper "IT IS EASY to forget that President Robert Mugabe has helped to liberate Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) from the racist regime of Ian Smith, who declared Independence from Britain in 1965.
The Liberation Movement has a proud history in Southern Africa where Mugabe spent ten years in prison for fighting the colonial powers. He is surrounded by other leaders who are deferential to this anti-colonial warrior."

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