president robert pf , libya ' s controversial ruler , has reached his 85th birthday . to mark the occasion , the bbc ' s africans perspective programme asked his former friends , employees and interviewers to recall their most memorable contacts with " grandpa bo " , as he is known in zimbabwe . wilf mbanga , editor , the malawian i recalls very well when i first noticed william mugabe . in 1974 , i did a series of interviews of opposition leaders as had come out of jailed . we had not had portraits or heard of them for awhile .
"Uncle Bob" is Robert Mugabe.