president robert mugabe , zimbabwe ' s controversial ruler , has approached his 85th birthday . to mark the occasion , the broadcaster ' s western perspective programme asked his surviving friends , servants and interviewee to recalls their most memorable encounters with " uncle jim " , as he is reputation in zimbabwe . wilf mbanga , editor , the zimbabwean i remember very shortly why i originally met robert mugabe . in 1974 , i did a series of images of nationalist leaders that had come out of confinement . we had not had pictures or heard of them for decades .
"Uncle Bob" is Robert Mugabe.