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Robert Mugabe profile: From hero to villain?

How did the son of a carpenter who was the third of six children go from being celebrated as a freedom fighter to being denounced as a ruthless tyrant? Journalist Farayi Mungazi reports on the rise and decline of Robert Mugabe's political career.

(Image: Robert Mugabe in 1979. Credit: Getty Images)

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