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1980: Mugabe to lead independent Zimbabwe

Nationalist leader Robert Mugabe wins a sweeping election victory to become Zimbabwe's first black prime minister.

Mr Mugabe鈥檚 party, Zanu (PF), won by a majority of 57 out of 80 seats.

The man labelled a terrorist Marxist had fought a lengthy guerrilla war against the white minority government.

In this report, Newsnight's David Lomax spends time with guerrilla fighters as the election results come in.

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