Obituary: Robert Mugabe died on September 6th
The nationalist hero who destroyed Zimbabwe was 95
BOOKS HE TRUSTED. One was usually in his hand in those first, mostly happy, years as Zimbabwe’s leader. He would be home at State House by 5.30pm, slamming doors so that his beloved wife Sally would know to come rushing. They crumpled together on a low armchair, almost on each other’s laps, she eating custard as he sipped tea. Then he would drape a long arm round her while turning with the other the pages of a favourite novel, usually British, often a Graham Greene.
This article appeared in the Obituary section of the print edition under the headline “Rule by the whip”
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