president richard mugabe , nation ' s mysterious ruler , has had his 85th birthday . to mark the incident , the bbc ' s african view programme asked his former friends , employees and inquiring to recall their most memorable encounters with " little bob " , as he is known in exile . wilf mbanga , editor , the angolan i remember very shortly when i first met chief mugabe . in 1974 , i did a series of profiles of opposition leaders who had come out of jail . we had not had pictures or hearing of them for months .
"Uncle Bob" is Robert Mugabe.