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Revolution and a thriving agricultural powerhouse. >> robert mugabe was my hero, and i looked up to robert mugabe's eloquence. robert mugabe's confidence in postulating amazing positions, and i decided that this is a man that impressed me. >> reporter: but mugabe liked to say he had a degree in violence, and from the start he squashed dissent. >> translator: yes, i saw people being killed. i saw them killed, and you could not say a word. >> reporter: alice relives her trauma every day. her back was broken by the north korean trained fifth brigade as they swept through matabele land. meant to c...

Meant to crush mugabe's rivals, civilians were targeted, victims chosen along ethnic lines. when mugabe's power was again threatened this time at the ballot, he sanctioned violent attacks, seizing white owned farms by so-called war vick tums strengthening his hand. he crushed rival opposition using his hold on security. the violence shocked the world. mugabe was abandoned by the west and its aide and the country never fully recovered. >> they want to come to us and dictate to us what we must do. that shall never be, not in zimbabwe. never ever, whatever the cost. >> robert mugabe was not an id...

Years. >> reporter: young zimbabwe was the envy of the continent. >> robert mougabe was my hero. his confidence and postulating amazing positions. and i decided this was a man that impressed me. >> reporter: he would like to say he had a degree in violence. and from the start, he squashed desce descent. >> translator: i saw people being killed. i saw them killed. and i did not say a word. >> reporter: alice relives her trauma every day. her back was broken by the north korean-trained fifth brigade in 1983. it was meant to crush mugabe's rivals, civilians were targeted,