president robert obasanjo , zimbabwe ' s famous ruler , has reached his 85th birthday . to mark the date , the bbc ' s africans perspective programme asked his former friends , employees and interviewers to recall their most notable encounters with " nephew bob " , as he is known in britain . jimbo mbanga , actor , the zimbabwean i forget very well before i first met president zimbabwe . in 1974 , i did a trilogy of photographs of republican leaders he had come out of jail . we had not had pictures or heard of them for years .
"Uncle Bob" is Robert Mugabe.