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Robert Mugabe Part 1: The Young Scholar

Real Dictators

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The Nationalist Movement in Rhodesia

The Rhodesian security forces had a sophisticated surveillance state. Robert Mugabe finds himself saddled with an indefinite prison sentence. He's determined to make the most of his time inside, signing up for three more correspondence degrees and making sure to educate his prison mates as well as himself. With the black nationalist marginalized, the far right government sets its sights on another enemy: Great Britain.

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