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We pride ourselves as being top, really, on the African ladder... We feel that we have actually been advancing rather than going backwards.

Robert Mugabe

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Robert Mugabe
Age: 95 †
Born: 1924
Born: February 21
Died: 2019
Died: September 6
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President Of Zimbabwe
Kutama
Zimbabwe
Robert Gabriel Mugabe
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