Zimbabwe

Ismail ibn Musa Menk

Religion

Ash'ari

b. 1975

"When giving advice, do so kindly. Do it sincerely with patience. Don't do it to show that you are more intelligent or better than others."

Mengistu Haile Mariam

Politics

b. 1937

"We fought them when they sought to dismember the nation. Is this why I should seek exoneration?"

Fadzayi Mahere

Politics

b. 1985

"The perpetrators have yet to be indicted or held accountable for the loss of life, despite a theatrical commission of inquiry launched by Mnangagwa in a bid to repair his already crumbling international image."

Petina Gappah

Literature

b. 1971

"Authentic is one of my least favourite words because in such a diverse country, whose authenticity are you talking about?"

Robert Mugabe

Politics

1924–2019

"I wish to assure you that there can never be any return to the state of armed conflict which existed before our commitment to peace and the democratic process of election under the Lancaster House agreement."

Morgan Tsvangirai

Politics

1952–2018

"The editorial policies of the state newspapers and the state broadcaster has remained partisan and unreformed, and the media field remains dominated by the same partisan state players."

Joshua Nkomo

Politics

1917–1999

"They are immigrants to this country and if young blacks remain at the stage where they are today they will say "makabva kupi imi? Nyika ndeyedu." But it must be "nyika ndeyedu tese, varungu nevanhu vatema."