Land reform in Zimbabwe
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Land reform in Zimbabwe began in 1980 under the Lancaster House Agreement following internationally recognised independence, aiming to redistribute land from white commercial farmers to black subsiste
White farmers in Southern Rhodesia, early 1920s.
Many Zimbabweans now rely on humanitarian aid, such as this maize donated by Australia under the aegis of the United Nations World Food Program.
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
Land reform in Zimbabwe
…willing seller” basis, with the United Kingdom funding half of the cost. In the late 1990s, when British funding ended, the Zimbabwean government led by Robert Mugabe launched a “fast-track” land reform programme, involving the forcible seizure of white-owned farms. The programme was criticised for violence, contested…
Official portrait, 1995
Mugabe was inspired by the example set by Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah.
Joshua Nkomo became one of the leading figures of resistance to white minority rule in Southern Rhodesia.
While Mugabe was imprisoned, Ian Smith became leader of Rhodesia.