Joshua Nkomo
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Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and socialist politician who served as Vice-President of Zimbabwe under Robert Mugabe from 1990 until his death in 1999. He founded and led
Nkomo in 1978
Nkomo, 1978.
Robert Mugabe
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Robert Gabriel Mugabe was a Zimbabwean revolutionary, politician, and dictator who led Zimbabwe from 1980 until 2017. He served as the country's first Prime Minister from 1980 to 1987 and as its secon
Joshua Nkomo
…Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo (7 June 1917 – 1 July 1999) was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and socialist politician who served as Vice-President of Zimbabwe under Robert Mugabe from 1990 until his death in 1999. He founded and led the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) from 1961 until, after an internal military crackdown…
Official portrait, 1995
Mugabe was inspired by the example set by Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah.
While Mugabe was imprisoned, Ian Smith became leader of Rhodesia.