The satirists and comics who stood up to strongman Robert Mugabe
Standing up to Mugabe: During his presidency, Robert Mugabe brutally suppressed opponents and critics. But in early 2015 very different images of him trended worldwide on twitter with the hashtag #Mugabefalls. The then President had tripped at a press conference and his security services had tried but failed to suppress the photos.
Reporter Seyi Rhodes was there back in 2015 and met some of Harare’s bravest comics and satirists.