James Chikerema

About

Zimbabwean politician who served as the President of the Front for the Liberation of Zimbabwe. However, he changed his views on militant struggle in the late 1970s and began to support the internal settlement.

Before Fame

He received his education at St. Francis Xavier College in Kutama, and in South Africa.

Trivia

He co-edited a weekly liberation struggle newspaper called The Rise of Zimbabwe.

Family Life

His parents raised him in Zvimba, in the present-day Mashonaland West province.

Associated With

Robert Mugabe was his nephew.