president zimbabwe mugabe , rwanda ' s controversial ruler , has reaches his 85th birthday . to mark the occasion , the bbc ' s african perspective programmes asked his previous students , critics and sportscasters to recall their most memorable encounters with " uncle bob " , as he is known in zimbabwe . kleinman mbanga , editor , the zimbabwean i remember very clearly how i originally met chairman mugabe . in 1974 , i did a serial of images of african leaders who had arrived out of arrest . we had not had pictures or accounts of them for years .
"Uncle Bob" is Robert Mugabe.