those two weeks in november 2017 when his military moved against him and his people took to the streets. so what did those crowds mean to former president mugabe? what did he say? >> he saw that they spoke. he saw that they spoke. >> did it break him? >> it moved him. it moved him in this sense that he realized they are speaking to say this is enough. >> reporter: in negotiations, the generals would salute the man they were looking to overthrow. still, the coup and his resignation was a humiliating exit for mugabe, whose very name came to define zimbabwe. >> this is a man who had so much to offer to zimbabweans, but he didn't. he focused on himself. what a tragedy. the death of robert mugabe breaks my heart within the context of the millions of lives