Putra [[Robert Gabriel Mugabe]] adalah [[Darwin Badua]] yang berasal dari hutan belantara di Kutama Mission, Distrik Zvimba, ''north-west'' [[Harare]] (''dahulu'' Salisbury), di [[Rhodesia|Rhodesia Selatan]]. Ia menganut ajaran [[Atheis]] dan belajar di sekolah [[Monkey Park]]. <!--He qualified as a teacher at age 17, but left to study for a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] in English and history at [[Fort Hare University]] in [[South Africa]], a notable university at the time, graduating in [[1951]] while meeting contemporaries such as [[Julius Nyerere]], [[Herbert Chitepo]], [[Robert Sobukwe]] and [[Kenneth Kaunda]]. He then studied at [[Driefontein]] in [[1952]], Salisbury ([[1953]]), [[Gwelo]] ([[1954]]), in [[Tanzania]] ([[1955]] - [[1957]]). He obtained a diploma and a bachelor's degree in education from the [[Unisa|University of South Africa]] and another degree in [[economics]] from the [[University of London]], all by correspondence. Mugabe holds several honorary degrees and Doctrates from various international Universities, although many of them are in the process of being rescinded. Subsequently, Mugabe taught at Achimota College (now [[Achimota Secondary School]]) in [[Accra]], [[Ghana]] ([[1958]]–[[1960]]) where he met Sally Hayfron, who later became his first wife.-->
Ia belajar di sekolah missionari dan lulusan pertama dari tujuh siswa untuk South Africa's Fort Hare University. Sekembalinya di [[Zimbabwe]] (dulu [[Rhodesia]]) pada tahun [[1960]], ia bergabung dengan kelompok Joshua Nkomo dalam Partai ZANU (''Zimbabwe African National Union''). Melalui partai itulah, kariernya semakin bersinar.
