president robert mugabe , africa ' s controversial successor , has reached his 85th day . to indicate the occasion , the channel ' s african insights programme asked his living friends , employees and interviewers to recall their most memorable interviews with " uncle bob " , as he is known in zimbabwe . wilf mbanga , editor , the tsvangirai i remember very well how i first met robert mugabe . in 1974 , i did a series of pictures of nationalist leaders and had come out of jail . we had not had pictures or heard of them for year .
"Uncle Bob" is Robert Mugabe.