Robert Mugabe

Robert Mugabe

male, 85 years old
dictator, economic mismanagement, human rights depravation, land reform, inflation, Zimbabwean…rhodesia
Robert Gabriel Mugabe KCB (born on February 21, 1924) is the President of Zimbabwe. He has been the head of government in Zimbabwe since 1980,...
Ian Smith

Ian Smith

male, 90 years old
Presbyterian, Independence Decoration, unilaterally declared independence, economic sanctions, Zimbabwe Parliament, cape town…rhodesia, Prime Minister of Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia
Ian Douglas Smith GCLM ID (born April 8, 1919) served as the Prime Minister of the British self-governing colony of Southern Rhodesia from April...
Cecil Rhodes

Cecil Rhodes

male, deceased (1902)
agnostic, Prime Minister of the Cape Colony, Randlords, British, privy council, Business person in mining…rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia
Cecil John Rhodes, PC, DCL, (July 5 1853 - March 26 1902) was a British-born South African businessman, mining magnate, and politician. He was the...
Doris Lessing

Doris Lessing

female, 90 years old
rhodesia, communist, emigrant, Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour, David Cohen British Literature Prize, Prince of Asturia Prize
Doris Lessing CH (born Doris May Tayler in Kermanshah, Persia on October 22, 1919) is a British writer.
Abel Muzorewa

Abel Muzorewa

male, 84 years old
Zimbabwean United Methodist bishop, Internal Settlement, Lancaster House agreement, Cold War leader, politician, Zimbabwe African National Union…Zimbabwe Rhodesia, rhodesia, Prime Minister of Rhodesia
Abel Tendekayi Muzorewa (born 14 April 1925 in former Rhodesia) served as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia from the Internal Settlement to the...
Alexandra Fuller

Alexandra Fuller

female, 40 years old
Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize, New York Times, Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight, Rhodesian Bush War, memoirist, malawi…rhodesia
Alexandra Fuller (born 1969) is an African author. "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight" is her debut book, a memoir of when she lived with her...
Garfield Todd

Garfield Todd

male, deceased (2002)
Sir Reginald Stephen Garfield Todd, Rhodesian politician, reverend, Southern Rhodesia, rhodesian, Prime Minister of Rhodesia…rhodesia
Reverend Sir Reginald Stephen Garfield Todd (July 13, 1908 - October 13, 2002) was a reformist Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia from 1953 to...
Herbert Chitepo

Herbert Chitepo

male, deceased (1975)
Central Intelligence Organization, Zimbabwean, assassinated, politician, rhodesia, Zimbabwe African National Union
Herbert Wiltshire Chitepo (15 June, 1923 - 18 March, 1975) led the Zimbabwe African National Union until the Central Intelligence Organization of...
Mzilikazi

Mzilikazi

male, deceased (1868)
botswana, zululand, transvaal, mozambique, southern africa, kingdom…rhodesia
Mzilikazi (meaning "The Great Road") (ca. 1790 - 9 September 1868), also sometimes called Mosilikatze, was a Southern African king who founded the...
Alexander McCall Smith

Alexander McCall Smith

male, 61 years old
Crime writer, novelist, Zimbabwean, From Edinburgh, emeritus professor, Order of the British Empire…rhodesia
Alexander (R.A.A.) "Sandy" McCall Smith, CBE, FRSE, (born August 24 1948) is a Rhodesian-born Scottish writer and Emeritus Professor of Medical Law...