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Lessons from Mugabe
ROBERT Gabriel Mugabe (1924-2019), the deceased Zimbabwean president, was arguably a better agitator than an administrator. In his desperate search for Zimbabwean independence from the colonial masters, he gave all he had in terms of strategy and commitment to the guerrilla warfare which eventually brought independence to the beleaguered and politically traumatised country.
But no sooner had independence been secured than he was revealed for whom he truly was. To be sure, Mugabe initially did quite well for Zimbabwe, raising literacy levels across the country and returning land to the local population after years of unconscionable expropriation. But…
Source: Nigerian Tribune
