Robert Mugabe’s birthday in photos
As Robert Mugabe celebrates his 88th birthday, Feb. 21, 2012, we look back at the years of over-the-top parties held to mark the Zimbabwe president’s birthdays while his country went to ruin. Let them eat cake.
Mugabe goes for a trendy boho layered look on his 83th birthday in 2007, with a patterned shirt, flower lei and red communist-style neckerchief. This was the year that shops in Zimbabwe ran out of bread on Mugabe’s birthday.
DESMOND KWANDE