Mugabe reign should be poignant lesson to all leaders in the world

Former Zimbabwean President Robert Gabriel Mugabe breathed his last in the wee hours of Friday, drawing strong emotions of nostalgia and loathing almost in equal measure. There are those who celebrated his relentless fight for the southern African nation’s independence from the British in his younger days.

 Indeed, at one point, he was jailed for over ten years for his push to have black Zimbabwean attain self-rule and regain their land from the minority whites. He also joined hands with other African leaders at the time, agitating for independence from European masters.