president robert mugabe , zimbabwe ' s controversial dictator , has marked his 85th birthday . to marked the events , the bbc ' s african perspective programme asked his new friends , family and interviewers to relate their most infamous encounters with " uncle bob " , as he is familiar in zimbabwe . wilf mbanga , editor , the angolan i remember very well how i had met william mugabe . in 1974 , i did a series of profiles of nation mps who had come out of government . we had not had pictures or hearing of them for months .
"Uncle Bob" is Robert Mugabe.