Robert Mugabe - Freedom Fighter or Mad Tyrant? Documentary

[@PeopleProfiles]

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[@paver9661]

Respect mate

[@puntlandland2679]

Freedom Fighter !

[@aregaali8371]

Whatever your views on Mugabe, Zimbabwean music is great ! It had amazing musicians like Oliver Mtukudzi and Jonas Ngwagwa. What a talent.

[@taynitram]

i like this man. just for clarification the 5th brigade is also known as gUKURAHUNDI it was more like an additional name than just a renaming. love the video and it shows you did your research

[@Appydem]

You didn't do your homework on on Land reform. Britain is 100% at fault and they refused to honor the Lancaster House agreement. Mugabe gave them more than enough time to do their part but they refused to cooperate. There so many issues with your statements, the crazy inflations only occurred after the Sanctions. You really need to do some research and redo the entire video.

[@tommyknops6048]

“The trouble with Mugabe is that he was a star, but then the Sun came up.” - Nelson Mandela.

[@firdoshvirjee3592]

Please don't compare crazy Mugabe's to the sun of Africa Nelson Mandela

[@Bourne-fu8bz]

@firdoshvirjee3592 - What did Mandela achieve?🤣 A coward and sellout who dined with celebrities and his oppressors. White people still own most of the land while blacks are crammed in slums. Mugabe reversed colonialism completely

[@IskBrul]

@@firdoshvirjee3592I have so many questions about your ability to comprehend information

[@no_prisoners6474]

@@firdoshvirjee3592lol Nelson Mandela ain’t no sun

[@angusyates828]

Was in Zimbabwe in 2019. Whatever the politics or the sad history, it remains my favourite place on earth. I only wish I could spend more time there as the people are the most friendly and welcoming and the landscape sublime. The plight of many Zimbabweans today is sad to see. It all could've turned out so differently. As for Mugabe he turned himself into what twisted him.

[@bollockjohnson6156]

were those the same people who ran white farmers off their own land because racisms, or were those people different-like?

[@angusyates828]

@@bollockjohnson6156 Whose ancestors stole the land in the first place?

[@bollockjohnson6156]

@@angusyates828 so if their ancestors stole the land why should THEY pay the price?

[@angusyates828]

@@bollockjohnson6156 Well apparently they did themselves no favours with their racism which lasted long after independence. But not all were racist and refused to share the land or mix with the majority. I feel sorry for them.

[@angusyates828]

@@bollockjohnson6156 Situation not so different in Australia. I'd go 'back' to Europe if I could.

[@Azaghal1988]

He was both, like so many dictators. First a passionate freedom fighter, then a mad tyrant corrupted by power.

[@angusyates828]

Exactly but I think he was embittered by his treatment by the Smith regime.

[@paulcateiii]

it happens every time

[@williamthebonquerer9181]

Term limits are needed for emerging democracies.

[@ngabojoel4752]

Go to hell, o know you all hated him, because his love for Africa ...which mde Europeans turned against him...rot in hell for you all haters, we loved him cause he was a true panafrican

[@Appydem]

*Mugabe The Geeat African Giant* Only the West call him a dictator because he called them for what they were and stood in their way for so many years. He may be gone but what he started, has grown into other African leaders.

[@k.leonidfranzkafundaesq.2826]

Stellar documentary. Spotted only one error: Zimbabwe was suspended and not expelled from the Commonwealth in 2002. Zimbabwe itself left the Commonwealth the following year.

[@dingahaban2288]

Zimbabwe opted out of the Commonwealth after they tried to use that platform to lecture Zimbabweans.

[@dakalodk]

There are many errors

[@servantsimbai]

It was suspended conditionally. Implying that if the condition was not met, they would never be readmitted; which still sounds like expulsion to me. But you're at liberty to brood over semantics.

[@jasongorman5757]

At this point of history, I am just hoping that Australia exits the toxic British Commonwealth of global collectivism

[@Gary-Leigh]

This is a difficult question to answer. If you're white Zimbabwean, there's a very high chance that you despise him. If you support the opposition party, you'll most certainly dislike him intensely. If you support ZANU PF, you will see him as an outright hero and the only African leader to have ever reversed colonial injustices.

[@gillstraker1994]

I live in South Africa. If you could see the tragic migration of black Zimbabweans to this country, your question would be answered. It’s been a nightmare for all races.

[@siphomnisi3842]

@@gillstraker1994 so flippin true my brethren

[@chanylove]

A true African hero

[@s.chuang4469]

@@chanylove The most heroic thing he did is his death

[@priorityprojects]

he might hv contributed to freeing Zim from colonial rule but his rule was nothing bt tyranny

[@teddyraffudeen7056]

A beautifully articulated documentary. My personal take: Robert Mugabe, a visionary and great son of Africa who achieved independence for his people then morphed into a greedy, narcisstic tyrant and oppressor against them in the end. His achievements cannot be invalidated but neither can it be extricated from the twisted political monster he had become. Sadly, this is so true of too many African sons. But the few that have served their people are giants by comparison. Unfortunately Mugabe is not one of them.

[@felicityfourie1785]

The cry of ‘We want DEMOCRACY’ obviously resonated with the Western World. But democratic governance has never been part of the African tradition. Mugabe outwitted the west 😂

[@no_prisoners6474]

The good thing is while Africa was learning hard lessons the west was lacing its pockets. I foresee a new dawn. God will grant the children of Africa their portion and cover her past shame.

[@biendereviere]

I’m so glad I discovered this channel! Your videos are so wonderfully created: your voice is a blessing to listen to, easy to understand, I’ve learned a lot of facts unknown to me by watching your videos, never too old to learn new stuff 😍

[@reaganmacdavid]

Beautifully said

[@SK-xn1pv]

It overlooks how Mugabe, like so many other leaders (Gadaffi, Noriega, etc.), were put in place by western intelligence agencies, just as they are today, so that the banking/corporate elites can exploit the natural resources in their country. The same agencies keep the countries destabilized by supplying weapons/training to groups, and using their own "private" mil operators and "medical" teams which support the genocide of the population. They have done the same thing throughout Africa, South America, the Middle East, Asia & countries like Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Georgia, etc. Meanwhile, the same western governments engage in the same/similar tactics to destabilize (and eradicate) their own populations.

[@teachachin2511]

Agreed 💯

[@gyasikrasineb4808]

Such a conceited comment laced with racism and hypocrisy. If Mugabe is to be blamed at all it is for been too soft on those settlers during the war of liberation. Those colonialists should thank their lucky stars that they didn't have to contend with the likes of a China or Vietnam as opponents.

[@mlionea]

Tell him to leave Africans alone. I thought we are animals according to you? Why do whites seem obsessed with animals then? If you are humans who don't you go spend time making videos about pink nations? Go away from africa

[@jaynungaree2336]

Personally i believe Robert Mugabe was a freedom fighter who became a tyrant . He loathed british colonialism and saw the settlers as a symbol of colonialism and expelled them the sanctions crippled his state and the only way to stay in power was less than suitable for the people

[@elementone4309]

The shona tribe had just as much right to Zim as the British, ask the other tribes

[@Lord_Mentoor]

Zimbabwe’s destiny was greatness. It’s quite sad how all African leaders, are morally corrupted by power. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely!

[@shanewalkingdead8258]

More like India and Brazil part 2.

[@sulaak]

White leaders are also morally corrupt by power; learn your history.

[@cactusqltr]

Who supports them and gives them that "power"?

[@Nethanda]

Oh shut up.

[@segbwemabee5757]

Western leaders are as well as corrupt and morally bankrupt.

[@itaigurira21]

I’ve often found these documentaries on Zimbabwe biased and shallow…but I really appreciate the work that went into this video …

[@hrhprincessfifymo9037]

I also have a problem with the same thing I think it would be better if Africans were to tell their own stories it would be authentic and raw!

[@ReySchultz121]

​@@hrhprincessfifymo9037 Check out a channel called NewAfrica. the guy's pretty good.

[@hrhprincessfifymo9037]

@@ReySchultz121Thanks... I do watch it🙏🏽

[@yumuddah8735]

yeah... most often mistold from a skewed woke bias. which doesn't help anyone.

[@nelsontayengwa]

True they even blame Mugabe for violating the Lancaster House agreement it's not true! if you read the document its them the British & the Americans that violated the agreement, & sanctioned Mugabe after, but they won't even mention the sanctions either they just say Mugabe failed, what about ZIDERA which affected Zim after the War in DRC & the Land Reform which happened in the early 2000s?

[@sonaporter2905]

He was a freedom fighter who, regrettably, turned into a dictator, in my opinion. It is very tragic that even if these leaders have noble intentions, they ultimately restore the corrupt and morally corrupt system that they battled to eradicate.

[@Popityman]

Both Nkomo and Mugabe were terrorists first and foremost.

[@Sabundy]

It's sadly very text book

[@dingahaban2288]

@@Sabundy As textbook as African leaders are labeled 'mad tyrant dictators ' when they turn against the erstwhile imperialist masters.

[@Sabundy]

@@dingahaban2288 I agree with you. A lot of leaders are not those things. It's a lot like the "terrorist"label. Which is automatically applied to anyone or group that opposes the West. So I understand what you are saying. And look.....I'm not saying that Zimbabwe didn't need to address a whole bunch of issues. Especially those related to the effect of the colonial past. And certainly without question the West's sanctions were and are hypocrisy. But there are valid issues to criticise Mugabe on. Specifically his human rights abuses, and anti democracy actions. He could have chosen to do certain things differently and better than what he did.

[@juliomiguel6597]

He was always a terrorist and was imposed in power by a collusion of the West ( namely US, UK and..... South Africa !!) the UNO, China and USSR , the latter supplying the weapons for his murdering of his own black people, first to gain power through intimidation and afterwards to keep it. He was atrocious and was supported ( donations ) by the West til well into the 2000's. Rhodesia, what you call the colonialist past, was a paradise for both blacks and whites, in spite of 15 years of international economic sanctions. I am Cuban, not a Rhodesian by the way.

[@saltlifo5598]

AS A ZIMBABWEAN I'M SO EMOTIONAL WATCHING THIS, I TAKE A FEW BREAKS

[@Jezze-rc6yv]

What can you tell us about this 🤔 what would say Mugabe was??

[@Nyatsimba_Mutota]

@@Jezze-rc6yv To be frank Mugabe was like a coin. He had 2 sides one the good one and the other one the bad one.

[@BedroomBully88]

“He compared himself to Hitler”

[@valentineisraelshabangu4069]

​@@Nyatsimba_Mutota good to Shona people Ndebeles never tasted goodness of this man.

[@peterchipedza434]

​​@@Jezze-rc6yvHe was a good leader, but went against the law. He totally ignored more than a dozen of court rulings and surely believed that law couldn't become his barrier in his movements. I quote a statement when he once said, "the country can't be ruled by pen and paper" stating that the ruling party had to go into war to win over colonization, so it's merely impossible for someone of my generation to speak against a man driven with such strong motives, unless i have to ignore history which tends to be a weakness and making oneself vulnerable to colonizers that you can't deny they do exist and still in play, to conclude he played it better but surely not best.

[@markhayward7400]

Why does it have to be either/or? Mugabe was both a freedom fighter and a mad tyrant. He was the former. He became the latter!

[@ThapeloMokomele]

An unbiased documentary, well made it doesn't say who was good or bad. It gives you the history and it's to you the viewer to make your own Judgement.

[@dutchskyrimgamer.youtube2748]

It's also because it's not that easy. In my eyes, Mugabe is the big devil. Whole Nkomo and Smith were on the right side. Smith didn't want apartheid but he didn't want a Rhodesians genocide as well. That's why Rhodesia was a middle-ground. Not really Apartheid nor black corruption.

[@denismusonza2806]

WELL SAID BRO

[@cindy652]

It is not unbiased.

[@chimvura7516]

According to what whites did to Africa, it's bias to not find devil. Whites are evil of all evils in Africa. Imagine taking Africans into slavery.

[@noncebamlinyane6076]

Very true

[@mhlanga292]

It was never going to end well. Zimbabwe was set up for failure at Lancaster. How can the same people responsible for slavery, colonialism and aparthied be the ones mediating negotiations? The freedom fighters consulted traditional leaders and ancestors for direction to engage in a successful liberation struggle but forgot all that to accept a fake independence after all the hard fighting.

[@hilarygodfrey2348]

True and they were also asleep as their own leadership was taken over by thugs.

[@chiyenyumba7135]

It's called being naive and gullible

[@takudzwashoniwa3569]

tanzania mozambique and zambia were now being strained by war in Zim. their economies were in the depths of a recession and they could not afford to support Zim. It was wise to accept what was being offered on the table finally they took over land from the whites

[@charananekibalijaun8837]

I nearly choked laughing at your ignorant comment

[@mhlanga292]

@@charananekibalijaun8837 which means you haven't got a clue

[@earlycuyler9760]

He snuffed out one of the few candlelights of hope for the whole of Africa... and now the region is further cast into hopeless abyss by the day.

[@edwardingida7470]

Mugabe is a product of the times he lived in. He grew up dirt poor in a time when he was treated as a second class citizen. Things that we in Africa take for granted today like getting an education and joining the workforce thereafter were almost utopian for him in his time before independence. And even if you did get an education, opportunities were limited to the kind of work you could do. He had to fight for his beliefs and was jailed/frustrated for doing so. Imagine being jailed today for simply joining a political party that believes everyone should have a fair shot in life. He actually had to start an armed struggle to achieve universal suffrage in Zimbabwe. Majority of people who grew up and came to power in the same circumstances especially just after the post colonial period ended up dictators in Africa and also Asia. Having said that, I can understand why he ended up the way he did. But it still doesnt justify what he later did to Zimbabwe

[@charananekibalijaun8837]

Africans in Rhodesia were far better off than in any other sub-saharan country, ESPECIALLY in regards to education

[@mticha9566]

It’s not Mugabe who started the armed struggle please.

[@mticha9566]

The pictures you are showing is not Zimbabwe 🇿🇼

[@julietmpofu5505]

Who started what or he joined. History is history don't try to doctor it.

[@mticha9566]

Mugabe did not start the armed struggle please. He joined the armed struggle very late. I am a living witness please don’t distort history.

[@leratoseretsi5603]

This is very nicely narrated, your narration is so easy to follow, I've repeated it 5 times now....well for the fact that he held on to power irrespective of economic decline,he was a mad tyrant but he was also one of the best leaders in Africa, but they all fall into corruption somehow

[@Shawn-ts4jw]

He screws up a whole country and he is one of the best leaders? Wow, just wow. No wonder Africa is where it is

[@rykson161]

What you call corruption he would call “ avoiding European assassins “

[@davebishopcomedy]

The British protected him all the way through the run up to the election.

[@BlackEmpress-eg4tn]

My dear, it is concerning that you thought this was nicely narrated when from the inflection of this person's tone I pick up nothing but bias and ignorance. Were we listening to the same documentary? After you said that, you claim he was a great leader... The irony

[@rdalcroft3934]

I lived there for 2 years in 1990, I was 12, Loved it, what a great country to grow up in. Very different from the UK, where I was from. Sadly, my dad's posting there was only for 2 years. But just after we left, I think that's when things started to go downhill. Such a shame. I will always remember Zimbabwe. Lovely people, both white and black Zimbabweans!!!

[@debgib007]

I listen to these to fall asleep, but then it becomes so interesting that I can't sleep.

[@SuperGreatSphinx]

Somnus

[@Brandon-nl1nf]

WOW!!! As a Zimbabwean this is amazing.

[@urielwiliiams3411]

Very good documentary. It would appear that his early intentions were good, but got sidetracked by greed and power thus becoming a monster rather than a hero.

[@josiemac5433]

Don't agree. Freecself from mental slavery and reflect

[@lorenzowere9433]

Got bamboozled by the ex colonizers.....they sanctioned Zimbabwe for wanting to return lands to the rightful owners

[@watkinsrory]

@@lorenzowere9433 Maybe read the terms of the sanctions. The people in power and the state have sanctions imposed on them but private companies and individuals dont. He was nothing but a mass murderer who was very bright and able to convince people like that nothing was his fault. The sanctions also have nothing to do with the land grab.

[@Sabundy]

​@@watkinsrorysanctions are economic warfare. They also don't work. Maybe you didn't notice but Mugabe died of old age still being the President of Zimbabwe. And he continued to lead a rich life at the expense of most Zimbabweans. For that matter last time I checked the ZANU PF is still in power. So what exactly did the sanctions do? They may not target individuals but they do affect the overall economy.....and that affects the average person. Especially the poor. There are many well documented cases where Western sanctions (Only the West does it) caused hardship or even death among the population of some sanctioned countries. Furthermore, sanctions have been used......very hypocritically.....by the West as punishment against any country that steps out of line (while they never sanction themselves for the same behaviour). It should not be up to the self appointed moral high ground (which the West is. 100% self appointed. Not earned through deed and action) to determine the path of other countries. If the people of Zimbabwe don't want the ZANU PF in power then it's up to them to get rid of them one way or another.

[@ayikogodfrey5262]

As the old adage goes "however good a dancer you are you must know when to leave the stage, when you over do it, you spoil the whole thing".

[@barbragawaneni3363]

As a Zimbabwean i do really want to say thank you for covering this story in great detail ...but of all the research that you did im surprised to see that throughout the video you did not show even one picture of Zimbabwe...This country you are showing im sure its in west Africa or somewhere there ...

[@KorpusV6]

All the pictures of Smith and Nkomo where in Zimbabwe

[@zvemunyati4866]

@@KorpusV6 but the video footage is misleading.

[@qndaytodd]

yeah these videos are not from zimbabwe

[@jaycee9752]

@@qndaytodd What in the world due you mean. The pictures are from Zimbabwe. Where in West Africa do they have this topography. This is savannah dry land in the pictures and the images are all from Zimbabwe.

[@qndaytodd]

@@jaycee9752 l said the videos ain't from Zim

[@FNA_330]

Has anyone of these guys of these documentaries asked us Zimbabweans what we think about him.Was he a somewhat crooked leader yes. But the idea that he was a dictator is completely turned on it's head

[@SFP0181]

👏🏾 I have to give you props, you sir did a superb job and your pronunciations were on point 👌

[@Tahokmusic]

Chimurenga 1 & 2 were the Bush Wars the first was done during the colonial process the second was done when Mugabe was taking regime, though mostly he was behind bars, Being in prison saved him from death in the battles, he used the prison time to study future strategies, he was 11 steps ahead in a chess move.

[@nkiwaneleeroy9575]

I always question why is it cslled chimurenga 1 it happened in matebeland region by ndebeles but why give it shona name

[@Tahokmusic]

@@nkiwaneleeroy9575 it happened both in matebeleland and mashonaland as well, the Shonas were led by Nehanda and Kaguvi and I believe it was Dhliwayo who led the ndebeles side....but yea they were all fighting against a common foe

[@mantawaz]

@@nkiwaneleeroy9575 as answered already it was fought on both fronts by the Ndebeles and the Shona's. However, just to add. The First Chimurenga is what is known as the Second Matabele War also known as Umvukela fought between 1896-1897

[@E-D-E2704]

11 steps ahead of who ??? He was a twisted coward who murdered his own people !

[@mattyallen3396]

Only because of the MI5 and CIA leaking intell to him.

[@krisstarring]

It's weird. I think Robert Mugabe did so much good in his early years, but let his grip on power get to his head. He's probably one of the few world leaders to do so much good and bad during his lifetime.

[@zilliontechnologies4313]

He was indeed a freedom fighter and also selfish with power which made him a tyrant in the end.

[@YahayaYakubu-k1g]

I am an African but, not a Zimbabwean. Having read many of his quotes, I remember Robert Mugabe as a humorous person. His country men and women may view him differently, because of their experiences.

[@Essoh7]

Why not presenting also Western leaders who destroyed many foreign nations?

[@sararichardson737]

I travelled to Zimbabwe in 2000 just as the farm grabs were initiated a very tense time but I loved the Zimbabweans and the country is truly ravishing. So sorry for the political intractability. The country deserves better.

[@mattyallen3396]

Which would've happened if Nkomo had gotten in.

[@joshuaouko83]

How can you grab what is yours from a foreigner who came and violently stole it from you?

[@boomerzman6148]

Hum..."Farm Grabs" of STOLEN LANDS BY CRIMINALS!!!...Its Called RECOVERY OF STOLEN PROPERTY!!!

[@shgalagalaa]

The country got exactly what they deserved for supporting the man

[@barneyreichman127]

As someone else has said, things move in Zimbabwe but nothing changes What a sad situation for the people.

[@maonwaborehole1425]

we are happy in Zimbabwe no sad situation here.

[@Takesure-hn9en]

In Zimbabwe we have our struggles but thank God we black people we felt empowered. Sadly others who don't have same problem we face they too face a different story. My brothers in South Africa the richest country in Africa they are the poorest. In South Africa the roads are nice but our brothers they don't have cars, nice housing but they live in shacks. Would you say South Africa is Rich? Yes but not for black people.

[@tefomosae5932]

The question should be, without Mugabe's political awakening, will Zimbabwe be an independent country that it is today or would it have still been in the hands of The British colony? The support given to South Africa to release Nelson Mandela, which led to Democracy here in South Africa, would it have occurred? The man was traumatized from his own experiences we should agree to that, but his impact in Zimbabwe's history was surely important and should not in whatsoever way be insulted or forgotten..PEACE!

[@dkgglobalinc.3992]

VERY BIAS!! What about the role of the IMF, The World bank???? Economic weapons use to destroy countries that don’t comply to imperialism. Read “Confessions of an Economic Hit Man” Book by John Perkins

[@jeffg6008]

Read “How Serial Killers Fool Society”

[@DonellBooger-jm2bt]

The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank has placed the Afrikan continent in a vicious economic vice grip of debt rooted in outrageous interest rates that have Afrikan raw materials and natural resources on lockdown for centuries to come. They basically own the Afrikan continent...

[@blueberrymuffin1348]

Interestingly, no one calls out the brutality of Cecil Rhodes during the height of British colonialism, or openly denounces Ian Smith and his fascist apartheid rule , which garnered international condemnation, as a dictatorship.

[@DonellBooger-jm2bt]

Very good observation my brother...

[@carlosoliveiraoalfacinha]

Absolute power always (and everywhere) corrupts absolutely.

[@FactswithYash27]

90% of pictures & videos used are not Zimbabwe

[@olinzodd]

I think he tarnished his image as an 'African Freedom Fighter' so bad by his later actions that he is now mostly known as a dictator and tyrant for having committed genocide on his own people and basically destroying Zimbabwe, which is still a poor and impoverished nation to this day because of him!

[@angelnakpan4931]

Yes, because he didn’t give our land to the whites , I agree with you dear, enjoy your misery.

[@ericgermany2k432]

Dictatorship because it don’t let Zimbabwe to be in the hand of white…

[@mrdadar2594]

He has always been known by the enemies as a dictator. But he is known as hero to sensible Africans.

[@kumbiektw]

Only the west think of him as a dictator.We still love him for fighting to get our economic freedom and land.What a legend.

[@olinzodd]

​@@mrdadar2594You're entitled to your opinion, but I often see that, people mistaking criticism of character with criticism of color of skin. I kind of live by what MLK said, "a man should be judged by the content of his character and not the color of his skin." Mugabi started off with good intentions, but he turned bad along the way-power corrupts some people.

[@ericgardiner7715]

As a young Zimbabwean I found this to be well researched and very insightful. Great work! Thanks!

[@PanAfrikkkanism]

Non Indigenous Zimbabwean

[@ericgardiner7715]

@@PanAfrikkkanism What made you get your panties in a twist?

[@The_king567]

@@PanAfrikkkanismstop the nativism

[@jaye3537]

Thank you so much!!!! I have been waiting on this one for years!

[@JenniferKilleen-z1q]

I lived there for most of my life, and I can asure you, life was great for everyone there wasnt huge wealth or poverty, it was well run, fair, and very succesful, and whereever you go around the world, Zimbabweans are friendly, and hard working. And that goes for ALL ZImbabweans

[@celestinekumire5196]

Whatever good he did for Zimbabwe was more than decimated by his overstay in power and ruining the economy to unprecedented levels

[@kiokogit]

They are called dictators who do not agree with the west. Africa is our business.

[@edmeds1336]

I find this period of time in Africa so interesting. I can't think of one country that came out of colonialism successfully. Inspite being incredibly rich land. The most valuable land on the planet. It's seems like the more value the land has the worst the country does. I can't understand why.

[@giovannigiorgio9862]

I would Say Botswana although it's not 1st world I would say it is one of the only African countries that came out success after independence with their economy constantly growing I'd recommend learning more about Botswanas story I think there's a KZbin video on Botswana

[@ncubesays]

Bad governance is definitely a huge factor, but there are a few exceptions. Another big one is that colonial countries were set up to extract resources via multinationals which resulted in a huge share of revenue not being realized by the state locally. Botswana, a good example of exception to this rule, discovered diamonds after their independence and good governance through state-owned enterprise enabled impressive revenue to build its economy and society.

[@bat3153]

If you cant notice Zimbabwe is being used as bad example by the West stay away from politics. I applaud Zimbabweans for taking what belongs to them. Its a revolution and its doesn't bear fruits on the same day. All revolutions are tough and painful but they are a step ahead many African countries that are still ruled by the Whits

[@olsaffa7679]

@@bat3153 Racism, like you display against white people today, was probably the reason for racism in colonial times. "No, no, it was the whites" you'd say. Do you see the stupidity of racism? Well, from your original comment, I seriously doubt your ability to think beyond the colour of people's skin. "The White Man owes me", is probably all that happens in your reasoning.

[@chiyenyumba7135]

@@bat3153 very true truer words

[@simonbarlow2677]

A well balanced reflection and summary. The narrator's pronunciation of names and local sayings was unusually accurate. The last few lines of the video summed it up - 40 years eaten by the locust.

[@SupremeBros2012]

Mugabe should be treated fairly like anyone in History including Queen Elizabeth, Cecil Rhodes, Mandela etc... He was indeed a chequered individual His original intentions of seeking independence for his country was tempered by his greed and inability to "read the room" in terms of his own actions and enabling of corruption Colonialism may have had an impact on his hardened stance but where he was not smart is using the post colonial goodwill to truly emancipate his people. In the end he was a failed leader who was a great revolutionary, perhaps he could have remained a revolutionary and created a path for real leaders to take over

[@kennedy20007]

Get your facts straight, this man was pure evil do your homework

[@SupremeBros2012]

@@kennedy20007 thanks for your balanced view now go back and lie down will you , you are clearly on edge

[@bat3153]

@@kennedy20007 he was evil to who

[@victortakunda5443]

@@kennedy20007 Colonizer please calm down and drink your meds

[@jeffg6008]

@@bat3153 What???? Asking a question like that disqualifies you to ask questions.

[@craigemcmillan1927]

I would like the hear this story from a Zimbabweans prospective. 🇯🇲

[@watkinsrory]

Its complicated. It all depends if you are white, Shona or Matabele. To the Shona he is mostly considered a hero. To the rest mostly a tyrant.

[@craigemcmillan1927]

@@watkinsrory I didn't know about these different groups before now.

[@craigemcmillan1927]

@@watkinsrory thank you for that, I will do a further research on into this.

[@watkinsrory]

@@craigemcmillan1927 Most of the African countries have a number of tribes and often they are not the best of buddies. Rwanda ( and Zimbabwe to a lesser extent) is a prime example how out of hand it can get. The matabele or ndebele are descendants of the Zulus in South Africa and settled in Southern parts of Zimbabwe around the 1830s so are not truly indigenous to the region. The Shona had already settled there and they have been at loggerheads since.

[@atefurshambaelijah2250]

Me too

[@teammcintyre]

If you agree that Winston Churchill only ever carried out necessary atrocities in his life, then this Mugabe question is pointless.

[@lionzion5407]

If we called mugabe dictator, we should also call United Kingdom dictator, because they ruled African for thousands of years! Mugabe is a African hero,

[@lovenessgozi4611]

As Zimbabwean it's so emotional

[@tomasg8604]

If someone came and took your house and do all in your power to get back. Is that the question you ask ?It tells you the level of unjust installed in them and make you debate if you have rights even to demand it

[@takesuretozooneyi4836]

Very Informative. But most of the pictures and videos in this documentary are not from & of Zimbabwe. Sad.

[@evonrn2000]

His Quotes are second to none!!!!!!! 🔥

[@gsamanyika75]

I think if you asked most Zimbabweans today to bring back Rhodesian rule they would agree because everyone is suffering

[@Henry-bx2ee]

Lies

[@lynwood77]

I lived in Harare in the 80s. When he traveled through town in his limousine, Mugabe was surrounded by motorcycle police and led by an armored car, If you didn't get out of the way, pedestrian or automobile, the armoured car would mow you down and if you lived you'd been thrown in prison. And that was one of the less horrific things he did on a daily basis. I adore Zimbabwe, but Mugabe was a self-involved, sociopathic, greedy buffoon and the world is measurably improved by his absence.

[@drunkensailor112]

Well said

[@conceretejungle1150]

Viva zanu pf

[@Henry-bx2ee]

No one cares what you think about Mugabe white boy. He's a African hero 💪🏿

[@jimmycricket5366]

That's why even ZANU PF itself had to kick him out so horribly in the end. Mugabe was evil. Period!

[@AfricaNetworks-dq4co]

He was a freedom fighter, liberator, and true Pan-Africanist. He was a great son of Africa.

[@lopilkderlll]

So although he spearheaded the movement for independence and ultimately succeeded, he also caused the single worst economic disaster this world has ever seen. Truly, a polarizing leader whose failures are just as great as his successes.

[@kanderson4417]

Obviously he just wanted power , once he got it he never wanted to give it up. Compare him to Smith, a man who loved his country.

[@lutho7693]

I love Robert Mugabe, he was a true hero and African legend and I as a South African am proud to have shared the same liberation struggle as our comrades in Zimbabwe 🇿🇦🤝🏿🇿🇼

[@brentmcpherson1847]

It's unfortunate that you feel that way, this way of thinking is what will forever hold Africa back from greatness

[@veronicamoody3981]

Really? You love a dictator who, according to this documentary, ran the country into the ground while he and his wife lived in oppulence?!

[@ncubesays]

Hate him or love him, the guy did win against a racist regime and deserves credit for that.

[@Eisatz_Paul]

@@ncubesays and do something even more racist than previous regime against his own people and destroy his country. He don't deserve any credit he just like other commie who pretend to be passionate man who try to help poor people or his fellow countryman after assume power all of them ruin their own country to bit and corrupt by the power he had as dictator. he just like idi armin and muammar gaddafi or almost the same.

[@jayjayn007]

Why have so many Zims emigrated to Europe? Why does Europe have 10 million Black people, and MORE KEEP COMING?!?! Especially from Zim (500k in the UK alone). There are only less than 5 million Whites in Africa. You keep saying that only Black people ought to live in Africa, YET KEEP COMING TO OUR CONTINENT OF EUROPE!!!!! You hate us, great, now just stay away.

[@thetechguychannel]

I think we will have to wait another 200 years before historians are allowed to properly tell Mugabe's story. For the people of Zim, his horrible legacy continues to affect them, and their desire for an undoing of what happened is pretty strong. It's important not to be disingenuous when talking about voices that unfortunately can't speak because they're banned everywhere (and they're not even white). I am not blaming this channel; it's just retelling the narrative that was plastered everywhere at the time, and is a good case study on how murky the waters of recent history can be, especially as you get closer to the present.

[@Sabundy]

Good points. But the problem with Zimbabwe is that it has such a messed up past ....as so many African countries do.....that it can be difficult to know what the solution is. How does the legacy of colonialism and the white minority rule be addressed and fixed while also addressing and fixing the damage Mugabe did ? How do you please everyone?

[@ImpartiallySpeaking]

No need to wait 200 years for historians and society to recognise him as having been a corrupt lunatic who was allowed to abuse his position for the sake of personal advantage

[@jimmycricket5366]

Mugabe became such an evil man, especially after he married grace.

[@louisbanda7300]

I don't care what anyone says about Mugabe and Gadaffi to these will forever be patriots and icons of Africa

[@Shawn-zg6je]

Bittaz the artiste from Jamaica rest in high value Mugabe you have done well African leaders is finally waking up Mugabe lives

[@bat3153]

Mainstream media trying to tell people otherwise. Mugabe is a hero. Listen to his UN speeches and you will know what it means to be a great leader. Rest Well Comrade

[@miraclemawadze7702]

Come on I am black but who can forget the the mysterious disappearance of people by CIO. Even before he died, he admitted to that.

[@jeffg6008]

@@miraclemawadze7702 TRUTH People who utter such nonsense are fortunate they didn’t live (and die) there.

[@bat3153]

@@miraclemawadze7702 is there any leader who never killed, even the so called Queen killed thousands of people across the world but you're still celebrating her as an angel. Leave black leaders alone. Free Africa, leave them in peace dont sanction them, dont force them democracy, dont start wars there, stop sponsoring rebels and see if they cant make it.

[@jonathanmpofu5468]

Being a leader and a hero isn't all about making wonderful speeches.

[@jonathanmpofu5468]

@@bat3153 but the Queen never killed her own people.

[@dwanedexter7685]

As a Rhodesian, I can safely say that Mad Tyrant would be the correct term

[@harryadventures4820]

I think he was obsessed with power that lead to his downfall..

[@josephchabata5677]

This was one of the most truthful and unbiased documentary I have ever watched. Thank you so much for the great work

[@tendaisigauke1529]

The most important factor being the acquisition of land. If transformation is to take place, those who will use their land profitably will obviously benefit themselves and the country at large.Perhaps this period of non activity in the farms cleans off the farms from the excessive use of chemicals and ushers a new Zimbabwe of organic products. We shall not despair but remain resolute that Zimbabwe’s recovery will benefit Zimbabweans be it black or White which for me is a huge success.

[@oneshothunter9877]

👍 Well said. I wish your country good luck. Greetings from Greenland.

[@strangeman9362]

I thought you guys are already successful I mean you guys are now trillionaires right ? 😂

[@paleesemendy7497]

The countries backwardness is credited to most eternal factors especially the unjustifiable sanctions levied on a newly independent country. Honestly speaking, any nationalist will justifiably return the lands to indigenous settlers. Its better to suffer now than cheaply selling the continent to our slave masters.

[@_Abjuranax_]

Mugabe trashed Zimbabwe so bad, that the former Rhodesian Military Association canceled their plans to overthrow and recapture the country. There just wasn't enough support, and there was not enough infrastructure left that could be salvaged by such military action.

[@Mo-yd8xc]

Bullshit.

[@brentmcpherson1847]

There must be a special place in hell for people like Mugabe

[@barriewright2857]

After listening to the few minutes of this brilliant piece of history, you just know Europeans are just crazy ,mad logic " the segregation of the Africans in their own land by a minority of European colonials crazy " . The question I have to ask is how did they minority Europeans expect to keep millions of Africans in Africa on African land in a state of servitude and economic submission, crazy.

[@chiyenyumba7135]

Like the cuckoo bird.... Africans are in unending trouble. Terrible.

[@chiyenyumba7135]

Unfortunately they pulled it off and still dominate Africans using all manner of tricks

[@mmarlkraig30]

Good question

[@rasmatopos]

They wanted to pull the same trick they did in America and Australia. Very few remember the natives there anymore.

[@10AntsTapDancing]

But they are so much better off now aren't they? I mean who needs all that economic success and a safe country if you can be oppressed and murdered by your fellow Africans instead of those crazy mad white people? Perhaps you should ask a 4 year old child who is starving to death how they are enjoying being free of the colonizing white men.

[@neem5270]

He was like all politicians and maybe he went a little bit far. Politicians are the cause of many so called problems globally

[@harryshaw5068]

maybe??? a little bit??? he single-handedly destroyed the country and its economy. not to mention the genocide of 10s of thousands of people in matabeleland

[@mvndume_official]

Please make a video on Sam Nujoma . The first president of Namibia 🇳🇦 . Founding father of the liberation struggle war winning army that involved Cuba , Namibia and Angola and South Africa 🇿🇦 and also at some point the Soviet union. People deserve to here this story of history. Not only about the war for freedom but also how many were killed by colonizers e.g THE HERERO / NAMA GENOCIDE SUFFERED UNDER GERMAN OCCUPATION

[@LesediModisakeng-in8uq]

Yes instead of fixating on these futile and nonsensical social justice causes... the world needs to be informed and versed in things that actually matter like extensive poverty, wars and genocides and use them as learning guides for how to move forward and advance

[@ericmukyaddondwa173]

He became a shame to his own country. Statesmanship / leadership involves more sacrifice and love than greed.

[@rebelshakur4181]

I'm from Namibia 🇳🇦 and the messiah Robert mugabe is an African HERO

[@malvernmabvira1562]

Coz u never lived under him

[@rebelshakur4181]

@malvernmabvira1562 most of you are western puppet

[@The_king567]

Don’t be ridiculous

[@petrosmarvinmberi3845]

why you never mention that the gukurahundi was an operation to save the white farmers in Matebeleland

[@nathanielsibanda4789]

Don't cap you shonas never liked us

[@mikemudekwe9090]

I enjoy people's profile documentaries, However this one was poorly done. You could have done better had you roped in local journalists. Most of the pictures and video clips used are not from Zimbabwe

[@cantsay2205]

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.

[@samuelgezaye9523]

I missed him so much, I know people will be thinking that I am crazy but not, he was a true teller.

[@watkinsrory]

A mass murderer of his own people a true leader? This is why most African countries have little progress.

[@segbwemabee5757]

Robert Gabriel Mugabe was a bundle of contradictions. One thing for sure, he was a violent man and corrupt to the core.

[@Kund_ai]

Freedom fighter that stayed in power long enough to become the villain.

[@Kund_ai]

@@ursamajor6347 Noone can rule for 40 years and expect to be the regarded as a hero at the end of it

[@MarcellusWhyte-w3i]

Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely I personally think that he started out with good intentions but eventually was corrupted by power. Its very easy to condemn him with hindsight But remember he was once a true freedom fighter for his people. Like all freedom fighter's it always always ends in gloriously.

[@brianlevine1479]

Listen to Bob Marley's "Zimbabwe"

[@mikefamilyman]

When Marley actually performed the song in Zim for independence, Muggles ordered his goons to tear gas the crowd at the concert. Didn't like rastas apparently. Things went down hill from there

[@MarcellusWhyte-w3i]

But Bob Marley had love for the Africans what way to treat a great man.

[@haalord]

Truly and Strictly an African Visionary & Progressive HERO!👏🏿🔥👏🏿🔥🌟🤴🏿🌟🥇🌟🏆🌟🌍🌟💎🌟👑

[@JJ-eb4tx]

A cautionary tale

[@Africa-Liberation-Army]

Robert Mugabe the man who beat the British in their own dirty game

[@tadiwatamanikwanyamazunzu1925]

There are always 2 sides of the story. Mugabe was an absolute tyrant to those perceived him as such and to some he remained a hero until his death time. For me Robert had so many facets, the tyrannical attributes were outstanding and the hero attributes also were visible. In comparison Mugabe was much of a level headed as compared to his successor Mnangagwa

[@easytomakedeliciouslowcarb39]

Mnangagwa is still Mugabe right hand man and I don't see any heroism in them. only those who benefit from their corruption see them as heroes,

[@shgalagalaa]

You can literally describe hitler in this way. He was a hero for the fanatical racists. Thats not a good attribute lmao

[@ambushbob5383]

Thats like praising the guy that robbed you blind because he beat up the guy holding you hostage.

[@tadiwatamanikwanyamazunzu1925]

@@ambushbob5383 unlike most of you trying to be politically correct on this issue, i am a Zimbabwean living in Zimbabwe, i hold first hand experience of what it ws like surviving in Zimbabwe under the Mugabe regime and what is like now surviving here under Mnangagwa

[@maonwaborehole1425]

Mugabe is a Hero

[@XolaniZondo-w2i]

The good thing is that he gave a good education to black people. An though he failed them economically to be free an failed a country as whole to be free.

[@teachachin2511]

Thanks much. I love your videos. I'm intrigued by history and started watching the videos on Hitler and the Nazis, subscribed and here I am watching another excellent vid. When are you gonna do a video on jamaican history?

[@fingerboxes]

You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain.

[@russellvellos9678]

February 7, 3013 - I don’t think the good should be forgotten, but the evil that followed greatly overshadowed and surpassed whatever good he may have accomplished. He didn’t begin so, but he died a heartless thief and a terrible murderer. He was a horrible ruler.

[@leeturton9254]

​@@marandymbamara9099 it's the truth... I'd stay away from the internet if you don't like hearing the truth

[@alphateumbie4339]

Mugabe was the most talented and gifted person. Education changed his life and the life of Black Zimbabwean. Though white colonialism did not acknowledged his legacies, Mugabe was a hero.

[@ayubnor0]

So which was worse, Apartheid's Rhodesia or Mugabe's Zimbabwe

[@Klopp2543]

Is that a question any sane person should entertain?

[@50TNCSA]

@@Klopp2543 yep .. that said the only time ol bobby ever fed zimbabwe is when they laid his carcass in the earth

[@Henry-bx2ee]

@@50TNCSA lies

[@50TNCSA]

@@Henry-bx2ee the famines after the farmers left fed Zimbabwe.... Ok

[@Henry-bx2ee]

@@50TNCSA It was always food available just not a abundance. But things are getting better now, it was worth it, in order to get our independence

[@djagemenona.k.aagieh]

Zimbabwe Left the commonwealth and not the other way round. In Congo Zimbabwe participated to assist Congo from Western control and backed rebels. i do not entirely disgree but there is are many issues said with an intent to push a narrative

[@gibson2675]

Zim was kicked out of the commonwealth. Do your research properly

[@learngrow9172]

Zimbabwe was firstly suspended and when the suspension was not lifted it officially withdrew in December 2003

[@gibson2675]

Assist Congo from western control lol

[@brucemclaren-]

Mugabe's initial strategy was to simply educate the masses and have a brilliant middleclass. And he almost pulled it off within just a generation. Then impatient war veterans kept giving mugabe demands. Then they ended up nationalising everything. But of course you can't do that effectively when you've got cats who are demanding rewards. Anyhow at least he created a culture that puts education first like the academic that he was. We'll give him that. So as soon as there's change of policy there's a very good chance at recovery. Or at least before we run out of productive age people.

[@rasmatopos]

Great narrative. My addition here is that a lot of people misunderstand Mugabe's intentions. While he disliked whites' treatment of blacks as they preferred the owner/servant attitude, he also admired their work ethos. When he sent people to school he wanted them to learn the British standards and work for themselves to develop and live in comfort but instead they preferred to live in comfort without working for it, hence all the corruption that took off. To the end he thought he would remedy it by making changes, by pushing and urging but unfortunately he was labelled a dictator for his efforts. He wanted those resettled to produce as much or more than what the former owners did but inputs were stolen en route or sold by recipients, much to his frustrations. His mistake was to assume he had time to remedy all that. The conflict between the war veterans and the upcoming educated you mentioned was another act he tried to balance but couldn't contain.

[@shanewalkingdead8258]

@@rasmatopos I would also say that the war veterans and the educated ended on 50/50.

[@mqhelemtawarira7772]

until lions learn how to write, the glory will always go to the hunters

[@wembadio6566]

Probably the greatest African leader there was....Empowered his people by force!!!

[@gwav1a]

You can say it again. Detractors don't want to hear that.

[@bat3153]

He is indeed

[@taujinga5630]

Is that so?

[@wunmifash3116]

No he wasn’t

[@dylanpilcheruniverse6515]

Fascinating stuff. My grandfather is English he grew up in southern Rhodesia and had children there he moved his family to America in 1965. His grandfather thomas rudland was there with the pioneer column in 1890 for the founding of Rhodesia

[@webbleylupe]

😅 ft

[@FHIPrincePeter]

Your grandfather was a pirate,. Wellwe cannot held for the sins of our fathers.

[@BanaMzeya-ok6iz]

The worst person and a butcher who brought misery only to fellow blacks

[@louwsaviour6475]

Mugabe is a freedom fighter much respected on the continent just like Mandela, Lumumba, Nyerere, Nkrumah and others. The West labelled him as a dictator because of his views that were Afrocentric and antiwest. Many Zimbabweans are educated and live in the diaspora. Mugabe did more good than harm, of cause he had his mistakes just like any other leader.

[@nathanielsibanda4789]

He dd a genocide

[@DonellBooger-jm2bt]

I concur my brother. Mr Mugabe had his character flaws and shortcomings just like any other leaders on the Afrikan continent, but he had a very good working knowledge of the hypocrisy of the West and eloquently shattered their delusions of grandeur and illusions of perfectness and stated the undisputed truths while doing so...