The first time I saw Robert Mugabe was at a Zanu-PF rally in the Harare townships late in 1981. He had been in power for a year or so. I had recently arrived in the country to teach English, keen to help build the new non-racial Zimbabwe. I went with a black neighbour, who had told me about the rally and promised to translate for me from the Shona that was the likely language of address, given the venue.
22 November 2017, The Tablet
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