Robert Mugabe - From Mountaintop to Valley
Quote from Ndubuisi Ekekwe on September 6, 2019, 5:30 PMHe took his country to the mountaintop. Politically savvy and naturally aware, Robert Mugabe was a puzzle no one could solve. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair gave up because Mugabe was a wordsmith who could flip any comment into a movement. At his zenith, top global universities spread his face on their admission brochures: come to us, we will make Mugabe out of you. He was one of his generation’s finest - as a fighter and as a leader.
But Mugabe made a u-turn, intoxicated by the pill of excess power. Then, he lost friends - at home and abroad - and everything began to fade. His national currency divorced him, his economy took refuge, and Zimbabwe wanted out.
Mugabe died today, aged 95 years.
He took his country to the mountaintop. Politically savvy and naturally aware, Robert Mugabe was a puzzle no one could solve. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair gave up because Mugabe was a wordsmith who could flip any comment into a movement. At his zenith, top global universities spread his face on their admission brochures: come to us, we will make Mugabe out of you. He was one of his generation’s finest - as a fighter and as a leader.
But Mugabe made a u-turn, intoxicated by the pill of excess power. Then, he lost friends - at home and abroad - and everything began to fade. His national currency divorced him, his economy took refuge, and Zimbabwe wanted out.
Mugabe died today, aged 95 years.
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